Valenciennes, Part II
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Second part of M. Jourdain's article on Valenciennes lace in The Connoisseur. It covers the thread, parchment patterns, and slow production of true Valenciennes, and the Belgian centres (Ypres, Courtrai, Menin, Bruges, Ghent) that made inferior versions after the French Revolution, with their different ground meshes. It also covers Fausses Valenciennes from northern France and Dieppe, then begins a section on Dutch bobbin lace of the seventeenth century and Haarlem thread. Illustrated with plates of Dutch bobbin lace.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1905
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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