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IIISTORY OF LACE.

The productions of the infant manufacture are duly chronicledin the “ Morcure.” 4 In 1677 it announces:—“ They make nowmany points de France without grounds, and ‘picots en cam-pannes ’ to all the fine handkerchiefs. We have seen somewith little (lowers over the large, which might be styled ‘ flyingflowers,’ being only attached in the centre.”

In 1678, it says :—“ The last points de France have no brides,the fleurons are closer together. The flowers, which are inhigher relief in the centre, and lower at the edges, are united bysmall stalks and flowers, which keep them in their places, insteadof brides. The manner of disposing the branches, called ‘ ordon-

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Venetian point in relief. “ Pcntelle volnnte.’

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nances,’ is of two kinds: the one is a twirling stalk, which throwsout flowers; the other is regular—a central flower, throwing outregular branches on each side.” In October of the same year, the“ Mercure ” says, “ There has been no change in the patterns,”and it does not allude to them again. What can these be hutVenice patterns ? The flower upon flower—like “ fleurs volantes ”—exactly answers to the point in high relief. (Fig. 79.)

The Venetian point in relief, introduced by Colbert, waseminently successful, and he attained his object of making Franceindependent of Venice, though the constant smuggling of Vene-

4 In 1(573, July, we rend in the “Mer-cure:”—‘ On fait aussi des dcntelles iigrnmles brides, ec mnie mix joints de filsans raisenu, et des dentelles d’Espagne

nvec des brides claires sans pioots ; 1 1 l’onfait aux nouvenux paints de France desbrill 8 qui en sent remplies d’un nmubreintini.”