Old lace, a handbook for collectors; an account of the different styles of lace, their history, characteristics & manufacture (1909)
Jourdain, Margaret · London, B. T. Batsford; New York, Charles Scribners sons · leaf 170
euchet, Mechlin laces are les plus belles, apres celles de Bruxelles,et elles ont un peu plus de duree. It was eminently suited to theless severe modern costume which came in with the eighteenth century,and by reason of its open a jours and transparent appearance was worn * Specimens of Mechlin…
Lace and lace making -- History
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