Embroidery and lace : their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present day : a handbook for amateurs, collectors, and general readers

Embroidery and lace : their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present day : a handbook for amateurs, collectors, and general readers

Author: Lefébure, Ernest, 1835-

Year: 1889

TABLE OF CONTENTS. PREFACE v-viii EMBROIDERY. I. Definitions i II. The Embroidery of Antiquity 17 III. From the Christian Era to the Crusades 38 IV. From the Crusades to the Sixteenth Century 71 V. From the Sixteenth Century to the Death of Louis XIV 108 VI. From Louis XV. to the Present Time 148 LACE. NEEDLEPOINT LACE. I. The Sixteenth Century — Transition from Embroidery to Needlepoint Lace-making 171 II. The Seventeenth Century — Venetian Points — Colbert's Influence — Point de France 198 III. From Louis XV. to the Present Time 226 I. From their Origin to the End of Louis XIV.'s Reign 256 II. From Louis XV. to the Present Time 283 CONCLUSION 322 LIST OF LACES 325 Digitized by Google.