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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 158

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more sparsely over the net•round. Owing to the naturalistic taste of the dayalso, the finely composed conventional ornament ofan earlier date was abandoned in favour of repre-sentations of natural flowers. A still later but betterstyle of Brussels Lace is the POINT DUCHESSE. In this the pattern is… … Modern Brussels. i. Point Duchesse. 2 Point Plat Applique. 137 BRUSSELS XEEDLE-POIXT 139 The name of this Lace is of comparatively recentdate, but the style itself existed earlier, under thedesignation of Guipure facon Amdeterre. BRUSSELS NEEDLE-POINT LACE. Brussels is the only Flemish centre for…

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