The Tableau Statistique du Dép. des Vosges, by Citoyen Desgoulles, An X, says: "Mirecourt is celebrated for its lace fabrics. There are twenty lace merchants; but the workers are not attached to any particular house. They buy their own thread, make the lace, and bring it to the merchants of Mirecourt to purchase. The women follow this occupation when not engaged in field work; but they only earn from 25 to 40 centimes a day. Before the Revolution, ⅞ of the coarse lace was exported to Germany towards Swabia. Of the fine qualities, France consumed ⅔. The remainder went to the colonies."
So are those of Courseulles (Calvados).
Savary. Sedan was ceded to Louis XIII. in 1642.
"Eidem pro 6 divit̄ Sedan et Italiē colaris opere sciss̄ et pro 62 purles opere acuo pro 6 par̄ manic̄ lintear̄ eisdem, £116 6s."—Gt. Ward. Acc. Car. I., ix. to xi. P. R. O.
"Eidem pro 6 divit̄ Pultenarian Sedan de opere sciss̄ colaris et pro 72 purles divit̄ opere acuo pro manic̄ lintear̄ eisdem, £106 16s."—Gt. Ward. Acc. Car. I., xi. to xii.