rings if preferred. The corner spaces are filled in in point
Brabancon, and for those at each side point de Bruxelles is used. The
doily is edged with a fine picot-braid that finishes it daintily, and
very sheer linen lawn is used for the center.

[Illustration: No. 28.--Roman Punch-Glass Doily in Point Lace.]

No. 29.

MODERN RUSSIAN LACE.

The design illustrated may be followed in Battenburg braid or plain lace
tape, and any of the fancy stitches mentioned and described among the
rosettes, bars and picots may be employed for filling-in purposes. Cream
white or unbleached braids or tapes are prettier for Russian lace than
pure white. Russian lace is a very durable as well as effective trimming
for household draperies, and also for gowns of wash fabrics or those of
cotton fabrics which will not need renovating.

[Illustration: No. 29.--Modern Russian Lace.]

No. 30.

RUSSIAN LACE.

This engraving represents a specimen of genuine Russian lace made of
fine braid, and wrought with bars similar to Raleigh bars, except that
they have no picots. The Russians have always been noted for their
exquisite needle-work, but as a nation they have never had any
established lace manufactory. The workers of the small amount of lace
produced are scattered about at their own houses, and many of them are
poor ladies of gentle birth. Most of the laces, however, are made by the
peasantry, who bring them to St. Petersburg where sale for them is
found.

[Illustration: No. 30.--Russian Lace.]

No. 31.

BOW-KNOT DESIGN FOR MODERN LACE.

This fashionable design may be developed in various widths and braids as
an insertion, or as an applique on lawn. The ground-work may be formed
of Raleigh bars, or of twisted bars made like the net-work for Raleigh
bars. The loops of the bows may be filled in with point de Bruxelles or
any fine stitch preferred. The design is pretty for bordering table
scarfs, tidies, valances and curtains when heavy braids are selected.
The finer braids render the design appropriate for handkerchiefs and
dainty trimming laces.

[Illustration: No. 31.--Bow-Knot Design for Modern Lace.]

No. 32.

PRINCESS LACE DOILY DESIGN.

The design here illustrated may be enlarged or simplified to please
individual taste, and it may be made of Honiton braid as well as point.
The connecting stitches may be point de Bruxelles, Raleigh and Sorrento
bars, "spiders" or any of the fine stitches described and illustrate