History of Lace

by Mrs. Bury Palliser

Fan made at Burano and presented to Queen Elena of Italy on her Marriage, 1896.

Photo by the Burano School.

Plate V.

Italian. Punto Reale.—Modern reproduction by the Society Æmilia Ars, Bologna.

Photo by the Society.

To face page 24.

As late as 1850, a splendid cut-work pall still covered the coffins of the fishers when borne in procession through the streets of Dieppe. It is said to have been a votive offering worked by the hands of some lady saved from shipwreck, and presented as a memorial of her gratitude.

In 1866, when present at a peasant's wedding in the church of St. Lo (Dép. Manche), the author observed that the "toile d'honneur," which is always held extended over the heads of the married pair while the priest pronounces the blessing, was of the finest cut-work, trimmed with lace.