Old lace : a handbook for collectors; an account of the different styles of lace, their history, characteristics & manufacture (1908)
Jourdain, Margaret · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 238
to that of Alencon: Files out de beauxdessins pour le fond, et pour la regularite des yeux, de la bride et dureseau. He adds that lace was sent from Alencon to Argentan tohave the modes made and also the fond and the bride ground. The two towns had communications as frequent as those whichpassed… … ARGENTAN LACE. 71 of Alencon* could have the fond and the bride bouclee made by theworkwoman employed by the fabricants of Argentan. At Alenconall the varieties of bride and reseau were made, while at Argentan aspeciality was made of the bride ground.f The bride picotee—a survival of the early…
Lace and lace making
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