New-York tribune., 1900-09-02
REVIVAL OF LACEMAKING.
A WOMAN WHO IS SUCCESSFUL IN THIS
LINE OF INDUSTRY.

The lavish use of lace on costumes and every
where it can be introduced has given an impetus
10 the slow process Of resusctaton that the beau
tiful art OF lacemaking has been undergoing Young
women have been engaged upon Renaissance lace
table decorations for several years as a pastne.
but now they are taking it up more seriously
some for personal decoration and some as a bust
Mrs. H J. Gaudelas a young French woman
no" hVlng In this city has given The Tribune
an interesting account of the various laces that
she was taught to make at the old French convent
where she educated
1T takes good while to learn because there
are so many kinds" she said I was in the con-
vent eight years. and always learning some
new kind The irish lace takes the longest time
as it is Of six varieties The fiat point variety is
made stitch by stitch with no sort of foundation
and is the most difficult Well as the most cost p
and beautiful Of all. The rose point is made in the
same way, but the figures ara raised. It is much
Ike the old Venetian point. I liked best to make
IT, because 1t is so rich and beautiful Then there
is the Carrickmacross lace. made on a net founda-
ton 1t is really sort OF embroidery net with
the open spaces filed with lace stitches like those
OF fat point. Limerick lace is the fourth kind. It
IS made on net of fine quality. The other two va
rieties are the Irish crochet and the tatting The
crochet is beautiful lace, made in two ways-the
heavy, or raised and the fat. In Paris call II
Point Orlando The Carrtckmacross is called
applique dIrlande' and the tatting is frivoIite,'
I'VE learned many other laces. Point d'Alencon
Is beautiful Point lace is called SO because Of its
fond gaze-that is its foundation gauzelike
like a needle point. The ground and flowers are
made at the time with the needle, just as
they come-not the ground first, and then the flow
put over. you might think. 1t is made with
a needle.
We made the simpler laces more often. though
The fuseaux is fine and pretty for many things 1t
is what you cali torchon, but most delicate. am
making laces now for collars and many other
things beautiful to wear. When one has fine laces
OF the real, is always well dressed. Il has
alWayC been In the convent told tnat
lace is older than any one knows. The Punto de
Nenezia point dAlencon, the boboiE laces Of Milan
and Genoa, the thread laces of England and the
guipUre OF Flanders all were known in the six
teenth century. 1t Catherine de Medicl who
made the beautiful Medici collar Of lace. All the
great women made lace and taught the noble
demoseues Of their households. Mary Queen Of
Scots learned TO make lace from Catherine de
maker that then lived. She made the veil, they
say. that covered her face when she went to her
death"
II is said that soma of the finest antique Iaces in
the world owned IN New-York. Some women
living here have collections worth many thousands
OF dollars The young Duchess of Marlborough Is
said have had 100000 worth given 10 her when
she was married and has added to 1t until it row
is valued at nearly twice that When her
wedding journey she bought a old piece Of
italian lace that had formed part of Pope 5
vestUent- The amount paid for II enormous,
and II is considered the gem Of the collection
Immediately on establishing herself in her Eng
lish home the Duchess ordered set of laces TO be
made in France at cost Of $4,000. It consists OF