Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-09-02
HANDMADE LACES.
Works of Art of Every Sort and where
They Are Manufactured.

Works of Art of Every Sort and where
They Are Manufactured.
The most of the handmade lace is
manufactured in Belgium, France and
England. Large quantities of lace are
also made by machinery in the two
latter countries and in the United
States. The application of machinery
to this delicate and intricate work has
made many kinds of lace very cheap,
which, when mao by hand, never
could have been otherwise than expen-
sive, because of the labor required to
complete 1t. In Belgium, where very
large part of the real lace is made
(the handmade laces are all called
"real' and machine laces "imita-
TONY over $50, 900 women are said to
be employed in lace-making, ana the
majority of these work at home.
There are 900 lace schools in the coun-
try. Probably the most important Gen.
ter of the work in that country is the
city of Brussels. A very expensive
kind of lace is made here, known as
Brussels lace, which is of very fine
thread and intricate design. Mechlin
lace, which is very fine and transpar-
ent, is made at Mechlin, Antwerp,
Lierre and Turnhout. The manufact-
ure of Valenciennes, another favorite
lace, is extinct in its native city
whence it derived its name-hut has
attained much prosperity in Flanders.
1t is now chiefly made at the towns OF
Ypres, Bruges, Courtrai. Menin, Client
and Alost. The productions of Ypres
are of the finest quality.
In France, a few years ago, the num-
Der of lace-makers was estimated at
$50, 900, but this total had been consid-
erably reduced by the use of machin-
cry in recent years. The point d Aleu-
con lace, which is very beautiful lace,
made entirely by hand with a fine nee
die, in small pieces, which are after
ward united by invisible seams, is made
principally at Bayeux. The towns OF
Bayeux and Caen are especially noted
for the manufacture of fine black laces.
Chantilly lace, which was formerly
made almost altogether at Chantilly, is
now made quite extensively at the two
towns mentioned above. The produc-
tons of the towns of Lille and Arrss
are also well known. Lille lace is very
simple in design, but very fine and
beautiful The lace of Bailleul is strong
and cheap and extensively used foi
trimming. The lace manufacture OF
the district of Auvergne, of which the
town of lie Puy is the center, is consid'
cred the most ancient and extensive in
France. Over 100000 women are there
employed, and nearly every kind Of
lace is made. The headquarters fol
machine-made laces in France are al
Calais. In England the manufacture
of lace is carried on chiefly in the coun'
ties of Buckingham, Devon and Bed
ford. The best known of the English
handmade laces is the Honiton. SC
called from the town of this name in
Devonshire, where it was first made
In the city of Nottingham the manu-
facture of hand laces was an important
industry some years ago, but this has
been almost destroyed by the introduc
ton of machinery for lace manufact-
ure. The town is now the headquar'
tiers for some of the finest designs II
machine-made laces that are known
Lace is made TO some extent IN Ire
land, especially in the town OF Lime
rick, also in Scotland, and in nearly
every country of Europe to q hmiteS
extent Philadelphia Times.