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History of Lace by Mrs. Bury Palliser
7. Valenciennes.--See Chapter XV.

History of Lace by Mrs. Bury Palliser

7. Valenciennes.--See Chapter XV.

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Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Chapter 2: CHAPTER I.
Chapter 3: 2. Bisette.--A narrow, coarse thread pillow lace of three qualities, made
Chapter 4: 3. Gueuse.--A thread lace, which owed to its simplicity {34}the name it
Chapter 5: 4. Campane.[104]--A white, narrow, fine, thread pillow edging, used to sew
Chapter 6: 5. Mignonette.[107]--A light, fine, pillow lace, called blonde de
Chapter 7: 6. Point double, also called point de Paris and point des champs: point
Chapter 8: 7. Valenciennes.--See Chapter XV.
Chapter 9: 8. Mechlin.--All the laces of Flanders, with the exception of those of
Chapter 10: 10. Guipure.
Chapter 11: 1. Punto a reticella.[168]--Made either by drawing the threads of the
Chapter 12: 4. Punto in aria.[171]--Worked on a parchment pattern, the flowers
Chapter 13: 5. Punto tagliato a fogliami.[172]--The richest and most complicated of all
Chapter 14: 7. Punto a maglia quadra.--Lacis; square netting,[178] the modano of the
Chapter 15: 8. Burato.--The word means a stiff cloth or canvas (_toille clere_ of
Chapter 16: 9. Punto tirato--Drawn work.[181] Fig. 25 is a lace ground {54}made by
Chapter 17: introduction of it into my humble parish in Scotland, but on inquiry I was
Chapter 18: 5. Fonneuse (grondwerkes), is charged with the open work (jours) in the
Chapter 19: 6. Jointeuse, or attacheuse (lashwerkes), unites the different sections of
Chapter 20: 7. Striqueuse, or appliqueuse (strikes), is charged with the sewing
Chapter 21: introduction of bobbin net, the demand for blonde, on the contrary, had a
Chapter 22: 1596. The fashion continued to the end of the eighteenth century.

[Illustration: Fig. 17. OLD MECHLIN.]

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