Point and pillow lace; a short account of various kinds, ancient and modern, and how to recognise them (1905)
Sharp, Mary · London, J. Murray · leaf 164
o France, was forbidden byprohibitive duties, the Lace merchants neverthelessfound means to smuggle it across by sea to Englishports and then sold it here, and exported it IntoFrance as ** Point dAngleterre. To this day allBrussels Lace is indiscriminately so called in France. The ladies of Louis… … Point dAngleterre a brides.133 POINT DANGLETERRE 135 reigns of George the First and George the Second,in spite of great efforts made to encourage nativelace-making, ruffles, lappets, and flounces were mostadmired when made of Brussels Lace. Such Laceat this tnne was made in pieces of considerable…
Lace and lace making
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