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 219
CAP CROWN OF ALENCON.With leseau ground. Louis XI\., early eighteenth century. … Witli ground of hexagonal ALENCON.l)ride.s. Eouis XI\., late seventeenth cer.tury. ALEN(^:ON LACE. 65 designs were jealously jjrotected. None had permission to make thefine point of the ro\-al pattern, except those who worked for themanufactory, and all girls had to show to the authorities the…
Lace and lace making -- History
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