Notes on the Lace Industry in Belgium in the Nineteenth Century
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Article from the Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club surveying the Belgian lace industry from the French Revolution through the early 1920s. It covers the effects of the Empire period, machine-made net, and the Paris Expositions of 1867 and 1878, quoting Belgian and French reports on competition between the two countries. It also discusses the number of lacemakers and the postwar decline of lace as a rural cottage craft. Illustrations include an Empire veil made for Marie Louise, a portrait of Queen Maria Cristina of Spain, and a Brussels bobbin lace lappet.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1923
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
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