| Manufacture of Chantilly and Alençon:— | ||
| Orne |  | 12,500 |
| Seine-et-Oise | ||
| Eure | ||
| Seine-et-Marne | ||
| Oise | ||
| Manufacture of Lille, Arras, and Bailleul:— | ||
| Nord |  | 18,000 |
| Pas-de-Calais | ||
| Manufacture of Normandy, Caen, and Bayeux:— | ||
| Calvados |  | 55,000 |
| Manche | ||
| Seine-Inférieure | ||
| Manufacture of Lorraine, Mirecourt:— | ||
| Vosges | | 22,000 |
| Meurthe | ||
| Manufacture of Auvergne, Le Puy:— | ||
| Cantal |  | 130,000 |
| Haute Loire | ||
| Loire | ||
| Puy-de-Dôme | ||
| Application-work at Paris and Lace-makers | | 2,500 |
| Total | 240,000 | |
In his Report on the Universal Exhibition of 1867, M. Aubry estimates the number at 200,000—their average wages from 1 to 1½ francs a day of ten hours' labour; some earn as much as 3½ francs. Almost all work at home, combining the work of the pillow with their agricultural and household occupations. Lace schools are being founded throughout the northern lace departments of France, and prizes and every kind of encouragement given to the pupils by the Empress, as well as by public authorities and private individuals.
In the Census of 1571, giving the names of all strangers in the city of London, we find mention but of one Dutchman, Richard Thomas, "a worker of billament lace."
In 1689 appears an "Arrest du Roi qui ordonne l'exécution d'une sentence du maître de poste de Rouen, portant confiscation des dentelles venant d'Amsterdam."—Arch. Nat. Coll. Rondonneau.
1685.
We have frequent mention of dentelle à la reine previous to its introduction into Holland.