New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27

point gpure gold lace i ss made
In Flanders was known by this name except me me
Brussels variety. In 1861 lace sold cxcnsiveK
by oedlers, Who had handled the trade FOR lons
Italy claims the honor OF originating point lace
or,g Is limos, certain 70 nave oeeh or ~ ttias n
Italy in 1903 and 1893 Nothing can excel IN beauty
these old point laees. and the rare lace OF Venice
1t Is said, cannot now be had for love or money,
The Sou1'ess d BTazza formerly Miss h r SGra
try at her castle in Italy. and the exquisite point
lace made by her peasantry attracted much az,
tention at the Columbian Exposition and al
private exhibition of II in NewYork.
Spain showed how valuable her lace trade was
in 1861 BY passing protective tariff for H. put
When the sumptuary Law OF 17i9 was enacted the
dominions In 17S5 an historian stated that makers
OF Flanders lace Invariably became blind ere they
them ' now"n YIN this enlightened century
Flemish lace was bought in such enor nous qnan.
passed a law excluding IT, But English importers
were not slow in that century, and they smugsled
name has clung to It ever since 4 whole shpload
OF II once had the bad luck 70 be seized by the
no inconsiderable loss in any age
The hrst net made by machinery as sT oo bob bG
net was the result Of previous experiments ~
1897 the Jacquard system was applied 70 the pop ,bls
bin net machine, and when the patent ITO, ior h .1ts
machine expired in ls2 the rage for MAKING oTI
bin net was 50 great in ant b 5hat tst OF
making lace. Almost the whole Of Devonshre
England. is populated with lace makers, VIM ouP
ply the royal family with priceless honiton Other
The wedding veil OF the Princess Of Wales was
made by these deft workers.
Lace first given the name II bears IN rance
where the first cut work and drawn work vas
called 'lacis" but after the French Revolution
fine needework fell into decadence and was re-
placed by trumpery fancy work. Probably the
principal town in Europe given over TO the man
ufacture Of modern lace is st. Call In SwitzerlanG
but Cuny. Antwerp. Lille and Brussels are sun
wel-known names in lace manufacture, though
their glory Is OF the past. .-,,
IL Is to Lille that the old lace manufact ring
towns OF France and Germany owed a hne threaq
and a dainty, celebrated Brussels net A reeI
Brussels net curtain is worth now 1900 ana up
ward. These and the Clunys and the me Sstnc-
tan points are but visions OF past age wneh
patient toilers cropping their way into endless
darkness wove dreams OF Towering helds ana
singing birds and coral wreaths from oceaH
groves INTO a mesh whose film was stronger tnah h
the slender nerves OF sight. whose Mowers hho
The Illustrations show some pecunar.y, lhIeI -
ing specimens OF the art. and are loaned % JO.is
Wanamaker. owner OF the originals Inc beosPI -
Is made OF squares Of lace net woven or a stIoIIs
linen thread and embroidered and then sewed 20
gether. Il Is supposed 10 have belonged 70 an
italian princess OF the sixteenth century ne
italian women OF title Of that period made thesr
squares and exchanged with their friends JUST %
do to-day.
The drapery IS Italian lace Of the seventeenth
century, and designed by Giovanni OF Cdlnf,
q pupil Of Raphael, and II IL said that porllohs
were by Raphael himself. -.
The third illustration shows Italian work or the
sixteenth century. Of Gothic embroidery IN cOloIeu
silks on Nappe dAutel and Italian lace.