The Lace Book

Alençon Alençon lace Argentan attire beautiful Blonde bobbin lace bobbin-made bone lace brides brought Brussels lace called caps Chantilly cloth coarse Colbert collar colour costly costume court cravat cuffs cut-work drawn-work dress Dutch early edged edicts eighteenth century embroidered embroidery England fabric falling bands fashion finest flax Flemish Flemish lace flounce flowers France garments gold and silver gold lace gown Gros Point ground Guipure Holland Honiton inches Italy jewels lace-making ladies lappets linen Louis XIV manufacture Mechlin mesh needle lace needle point ornaments passements patterns piece pillow lace PLATE Point d'Alençon Point d'Angleterre Point de France Point de Venise Point lace Portrait prohibited Punto Punto in Aria quantities Queen reign réseau Reticella rich ruffles ruffs seventeenth century silver lace sixteenth century sleeves Spain Spanish sprigs stitches style thread laces trimmed with lace twisted Valenciennes velvet Venetian Venice Wardrobe Accounts wear women wore workers worn yards