Treillis d'Allemagne is early mentioned in the French inventories:—
1543. "Pour une aulne deux tiers trillist d'Allemagne."—Argenterie de la Reine (Eléonore d'Autriche). Arch. Nat. K. K. 104.
1557. "Pour une aulne de treilliz noir d'Allemagne pour garnir la robbe de damars noir ou il y a de la bizette."—Comptes de l'Argentier du Roi (Henry II.). Arch. Nat. K. K. 106.
"At a meeting of the Society of Polite Arts, premiums were given to a specimen of a new invention imitating Dresden work. It is done with such success as to imitate all the various stitches of which Dresden work is composed, with such ingenuity as to surpass the finest performance with the needle. This specimen, consisting of a cap and a piece for a long apron, the apron, valued by the inventress at £2 2s., was declared by the judges worth £56."—Annual Register. 1762.
"Smash go the glasses, aboard pours the wine on circling laces, Dresden aprons, silvered silks, and rich brocades." And again, "Your points of Spain, your ruffles of Dresden."—Fool of Quality. 1766.
Caledonian Mercury. 1760.