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Point and pillow lace : a short account of various kinds ancient and modern, and how to recognize them (1899)

Sharp, Mary · New York : E.P. Dutton ; London : J. Murray · leaf 170

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led Fond de neige or CEil deperdrix, and also occasionally with the six-pointed Fond Chant, but these varieties are not common. In the earliest Mechlin Lace the style of designsvery much resembles that of Brussels, though ratherheavier and less graceful ; it is needless to repeat,however, that… … Early Mechlin.149 MFXHLIN 151 XXXV., as a filling- to the spaces of the conventionalscroll-work, is very characteristic of this period. Illustration XXXVI. shows another imitation ofBrussels designs. In this specimen of Malines abrides the peculiarities of Point dAngleterre arevery closely…

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