New-York tribune., 1902-05-25

written and enlarged by two highly competent /
editors The last edition appeared in 1875, and .
there has been much to add the chronicle .
since then. The list Of Illustrations has been .
enriched by the addition Of nearly a hundred /
new gnes, remarkable in their reproduction Of /
delicate textures; and several striking historical
portraits, Illustrating old fashions, have been .
Included
IL its exhaustive examination Of the art of
lace making, this book may truly lay claim 20
beng classic. II leads Us back TO far off /
Egyptian dynasties for the art began in fine .
neeclework, and cut work and drawn work ap-
pear on mummy wrappings from ancient tonbs. /
i = said that the Italians. who claim to have |
invented point. OF needle made. lace had Byzan- /
tine teachers. In the Low Countries there Is a
tradition that the Crusaders brought back there |
from the Holy Land this priceless gift Of lace !
making Old Italian MSS. have mentions Of
lace fabric in the fifteenth century. Made
needle upon parchment pattern, or by the in !
terweavng Of threads wound upon bobbins and |
following the pattern pinned % a pillow" lace !
j. Of the loveliest and most precious Of hu-
productions No wonder that the Italian |
artists and poets Of past ages loved 20 celebrate
il in picture and verse To less artistic coUn-
tTies came, with other dainty imports the laces
Of Italy especially those exquisite fabrics Of
Venice, which in the sixteenth century had
grown 50 magnificent and 50 expensive that a
il the City Of the Sea they still tell pretty
stery Of the origin Of Point de Venise," that a
g5il devised il in initiating with her needle the
graceful little knots Of bunch OF coralline sea-
weed brought 10 her by her sweetheart The
Gories Of the Venetian laces survived TO the lat
half Of the eighteenth century. when the
women Of the nobility began TO wear the finest
brussels At their bridals. Venice point IS now
30 more" wrote MIS-. Palliser thirty years ago;
heir -rlF31I has fa-u cd L
Ia.auo, and four hundred workers are
ing many varieties Of splendid needle
...r-- Spain learned The art from Italy, and
rs.. vast quantities of beautiful lace for &C.
l..-a~ticaI vestTneuts. Spanish point was
el--ally gold CT silver lace embroidered in col
,.. The heavy arahesque lace Of white thread
Ea.au boy that nam= was first made in Italy,
and was initiated 10y the nuns in the Spanish
converts. The manufacture Of The blond, or
sllF. lace has survived many misfortunes in
rIa.n. and is siiI ia existence. if poorly paid
i is sty uaGe boy women and children on
ta--r owE account. and as they please, there be
-Eg no large manufactures. About ten cents
Gag the income II a Spanish iacemaker-and
t-e work Is admirable II its kind. The man
tl-a is stu being made, in spite or the incursion
.t Partisan ideas Of dress. At one time Span
.ea womau's mautla. We are told, held /
sacred 10y law, and could not be seized for debt.
Tie lace of Flanders has been famous as long /
that of Italy. Brussels lace became known |
early in the sixteenth century. The reason II |
u.- called Point d'Angleterre is thus explained:
"ll 1862 The English Parliament alarmed at
the sums Of money expended foreign point /
and 1esirous 10 protect English bone-lace manu-
ta.--re. passed an act prohibiting the impoTla-
ton - all foreign lace. The English laceInakers
at a. loss how 10 supply the Brussels point re- .
qur-l al The court OF Charles H. invited Flein-
Isl. laoeaakers 20 settle in England, and there
establish the manufacture. The scheme, how
c.eG- @a= unsuccessful England did not pos
SOS The necessary FAX, and the lace made was .
ct au ntero- quality. The merchants, there
to.-. adopted "a more simple expedient. Pos
s.s.sa az large capital, they bought up the
choicest laces Il The Brussels market, and then,
smuggling them over 70 England, sold them
under the name Of Point d'Angleterre, CT Eng
1sh Point" Only in the city itself can the
finest Brussels be made, says our authoT-other
iAe thread is made Of fax grown in BraDant'
and spun in dark, damp, underground rooms,
where dry air cannot reach and break IL. II IS
The marvellous hEeness Of this thread that fixes
'he high price Of the lace; and il is the lmpos-
Sii1ty q getting such thread elsewhere that
gives Brussels d monopoly. one canny Brussels
proprietor made a large fortune in kindly way
u me early part or the nineteenth century.
Ai'eF waterloo h. turned his factory into a
hospital tnr forty wounded soldiers Of the Eng
He ali a'r1c