EY, COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE _Frontispiece_

OLD LACE PAGE

EGYPTIAN CUT AND DRAWN WORK 20

OLD ITALIAN "CUTWORKE" 20

EARLY ENGLISH SAMPLERS 23

ORIGINAL PATTERNS BY VINCIOLA 27

ORIGINAL DESIGNS OF RETICELLA EDGINGS BY VINCIOLA 31

CHART OF NEEDLEPOINT RESEAUX 36

CHART OF PILLOW RESEAUX 39

VENETIAN ROSE POINT 43

VENETIAN ROSE POINT COLLAR 48

EXAMPLES OF FLAT VENETIAN POINT 51

MARIE DE MEDICIS WEARING VENETIAN POINT COLLAR 52

EXAMPLE OF GROS POINT DE VENICE 55

LOUIS XIII. WEARING GENOESE COLLAR LACE 60

GENOESE COLLAR LACE 63

MILANESE LACE 67

OLD ITALIAN AND FRENCH LACES AND CUT AND DRAWN WORK 72

"POINT DE FRANCE" 75

POINT D'ALENCON 76

"POINT DE FRANCE" AND D'ARGENTELLA 79

POINT D'ARGENTAN AND POINT D'ARGENTELLA 83

VALENCIENNES 88

"LILLE" 91

EMPRESS EUGENIE WEARING BLONDE LACE 95

POINT D'ANGLETERRE 102

POINT D'ANGLETERRE LAPPET 105

BRUSSELS LACE 109

BRUSSELS LAPPET 113

COMTESSE D'ARTOIS WEARING BRUSSELS LACE 117

MARIE ANTOINETTE 122

MECHLIN LAPPET 125

MARIE ANTOINETTE WEARING MECHLIN LACE 129

"DUCHESSE" LACE 135

QUEEN ELIZABETH WEARING VENETIAN POINT RUFF AND CUFFS 141

EDMUND SPENSER: COLLAR TRIMMED WITH RETICELLA 145

RETICELLA FALLING COLLAR 149

COLLAR OF GROS POINT 153

OLD BUCKINGHAM AND EARLY DEVONSHIRE LACES 159

OLD HONITON LACE