CONTENTS

PAGE
[PREFACE][7]
[BIBLIOGRAPHY][10]
[OLD LACE]
CHAPTER
[I. A BRIEF HISTORY OF LACE][21]
[II. THE ART OF LACE-MAKING][33]
[III. THE LACES OF ITALY][45]
[IV. THE LACES OF GENOA AND MILAN][57]
[V. THE LACES OF FRANCE: NEEDLEPOINT][69]
[VI. THE LACES OF FRANCE: PILLOW][85]
[VII. THE LACES OF FLANDERS][99]
[VIII. MODERN BRUSSELS AND MECHLIN][119]
[IX. OTHER CONTINENTAL LACES][131]
[X. A SHORT HISTORY OF LACE IN ENGLAND][139]
[XI. ENGLISH LACES][155]
[XII. SCOTCH AND IRISH LACE][169]
[XIII. HOW TO IDENTIFY LACE][179]
[XIV. SALE PRICES][199]
[NEEDLEWORK]
CHAPTERPAGE
[I. OLD ENGLISH EMBROIDERY][205]
[II. THE GREAT PERIOD][217]
[III. ECCLESIASTICAL EMBROIDERIES AND VESTMENTS][229]
[IV. TUDOR EMBROIDERIES][245]
[V. EARLY NEEDLEWORK PICTURES AND ACCESSORIES][253]
[VI. STUART CASKETS AND MIRROR][267]
[VII. EMBROIDERED BOOKS AND "BLACK WORK"][275]
[VIII. STUART PICTURES][289]
[IX. SAMPLERS][305]
[X. THE WILLIAM AND MARY EMBROIDERIES][317]
[XI. PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY][331]
[XII. NEEDLEWORK PICTURES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY][347]
[XIII. EMBROIDERY IN COSTUME][355]
[XIV. SALE PRICES][365]
[XV. CONCLUSION][373]
INDEX—[OLD LACE][381]
[NEEDLEWORK][384]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

MARY SIDNEY, COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE[Frontispiece]
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EGYPTIAN CUT AND DRAWN WORK[20]
OLD ITALIAN "CUTWORKE"[20]
EARLY ENGLISH SAMPLERS[23]
ORIGINAL PATTERNS BY VINCIOLA[27]
ORIGINAL DESIGNS OF RETICELLA EDGINGS BY VINCIOLA[31]
CHART OF NEEDLEPOINT RÉSEAUX[36]
CHART OF PILLOW RÉSEAUX[39]
VENETIAN ROSE POINT[43]
VENETIAN ROSE POINT COLLAR[48]
EXAMPLES OF FLAT VENETIAN POINT[51]
MARIE DE MEDICIS WEARING VENETIAN POINT COLLAR[52]
EXAMPLE OF GROS POINT DE VENICE[55]
LOUIS XIII. WEARING GENOESE COLLAR LACE[60]
GENOESE COLLAR LACE[63]
MILANESE LACE[67]
OLD ITALIAN AND FRENCH LACES AND CUT AND DRAWN WORK[72]
"POINT DE FRANCE"[75]
POINT D'ALENÇON[76]
"POINT DE FRANCE" AND D'ARGENTELLA[79]
POINT D'ARGENTAN AND POINT D'ARGENTELLA[83]
VALENCIENNES[88]
"LILLE"[91]
EMPRESS EUGENIE WEARING BLONDE LACE[95]
POINT D'ANGLETERRE[102]
POINT D'ANGLETERRE LAPPET[105]
BRUSSELS LACE[109]
BRUSSELS LAPPET[113]
COMTESSE D'ARTOIS WEARING BRUSSELS LACE[117]
MARIE ANTOINETTE[122]
MECHLIN LAPPET[125]
MARIE ANTOINETTE WEARING MECHLIN LACE[129]
"DUCHESSE" LACE[135]
QUEEN ELIZABETH WEARING VENETIAN POINT RUFF AND CUFFS[141]
EDMUND SPENSER: COLLAR TRIMMED WITH RETICELLA[145]
RETICELLA FALLING COLLAR[149]
COLLAR OF GROS POINT[153]
OLD BUCKINGHAM AND EARLY DEVONSHIRE LACES[159]
OLD HONITON LACE[163]
MODERN HONITON LACE[167]
LIMERICK "FILLINGS"[173]
CARRICK-MA-CROSS LACE[177]
RETICELLA WITH GENOA BORDERS[182]
POINT D'ANGLETERRE[185]
ITALIAN ECCLESIASTICAL LACE[189]
BRUSSELS LAPPET[193]
"POINT DE GAZE"[197]
NEEDLEWORK
EGYPTIAN EMBROIDERY[208]
BAYEUX TAPESTRY[211]
KING HAROLD FROM BAYEUX TAPESTRY[215]
FRAGMENT FROM THE "JESSE" COPE[221]
THE "SYON" COPE[225]
THE STEEPLE ASTON ALTAR FRONTAL[232]
THE "NEVIL" ALTAR FRONTAL[235]
DIAGRAM SHOWING USE OF VESTMENTS[239]
SET OF ECCLESIASTICAL VESTMENTS[243]
EARLY "PETIT POINT" PICTURE[256]
EARLY "PETIT POINT" PICTURE[259]
STUART GLOVE[263]
STUART MIRROR FRAME[271]
STUART BOOK COVER[278]
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S POCKET-BOOK[281]
"BLACK WORK" CAP[285]
EMBROIDERY PORTRAIT OF KING CHARLES I.[293]
STUMP-WORK PICTURE[297]
"PETIT POINT" PICTURE WORKED ON SATIN[301]
A SEVENTEENTH CENTURY "SAMPLER"[309]
EARLY ENGLISH "SAMPLER"[313]
JACOBEAN HANGINGS[319]
ENLARGEMENT OF SPRAY FROM HANGINGS[323]
QUEEN ANNE PICTURE[327]
EARLY GEORGIAN PICTURE[334]
"THE LAST SUPPER"[337]
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SILK EMBROIDERED PICTURE[341]
BLACK SILK AND HAIR PICTURE[345]
A "GAINSBOROUGH" PICTURE[361]

I
A BRIEF
HISTORY
OF LACE