A French manual on lace by Eugène Woestyn, published in Paris in 1852. It covers the history of lace from the sixteenth century (Vinciolo's pattern books, French and Flemish lace industries, royal regulation under Colbert), the making of bobbin lace on the pillow (pricking the pattern, pins, twisting the bobbins, grounds, réseau and bride), and the main lace types (Brussels, Mechlin, Alençon, Valenciennes, Lille, blonde, Auvergne). Final chapters argue for the usefulness of lace and its importance to poor lacemakers. It includes verse quotations (Méry) and extracts from Charles Robin, and has no illustrated patterns.