"Deux devants de corps de dentelle de Binche."—Arch. de Nat. X., 10,082.
"M. Victor Hugo told the Author he had, in his younger days, seen Binch guipure of great beauty."—Mrs. Palliser, 1869.
Letter of Sir Henry Wotton to Lord Zouch.—State Papers, Domestic, Jas. I., P. R. O.
In the Bulletin de l'Institut Archéologique, Liègois XVIII., 1885, is a copy of a contract dated January 23rd, 1634, whereby a lace-maker of Liège, Barbe Bonneville, undertakes for 25 florins, current money, to teach a young girl lace-making.
Again, in the copy of a Namur Act of November, 1701, a merchant of Namur orders from a Liègois "3 pieces of needle-made lace called Venice point," to sell at the rate of 5½ florins, 4½ florins, and one écu respectively.
Arch. de Nat., Coll. Rondonneau.