Point and pillow lace; a short account of various kinds, ancient and modern, and how to recognise them (1905)
Sharp, Mary, 1903- · London: J. Murray · leaf 178
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… … MECHLIN 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 followed, even to the open…
Lace and lace making
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