History of Lace

by Mrs. Bury Palliser

"Alenchon est sous Sarthe assis,

Il luic divise le pays."—Romant de Rou.

We have already related how the manufacture of point lace was established by Colbert. The entrepreneurs had found the lace industry flourishing at the time of the point de France. (Page 155.)

Plate LIV.

French. Border of Point Plat de France to a baptismal veil of embroidered muslin.—The orderly arrangement of the "brides" differs from the Venetian, and foreshadows the "grande maille picotée."

In the Musée Cinquantenaire, Brussels.

To face page 188.

Fig. 86.