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Treille is the general term for the ground (réseau) throughout Belgium and the Dép. du Nord.

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France alone buys of Belgium more Valenciennes than all the other countries united; upwards of 12 millions of francs (£480,000).—Aubry.

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At Ghent two turns and a half, and at Courtrai three and a half. Each town has its own peculiar stitch.

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L'Industrie Dentellière Belge, par B. v. d. Dussen, Bruxelles, 1860.

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Robinson Crusoe, when at Lisbon, sends "some Flanders lace of a good value" as a present to the wife and daughter of his partner in the Brazils.