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were for years renowned throughout all Europe. Its importanceis shown by the sumptuary edicts of the seventeenth century,forbidding its use, and also by its mention in the “ Revolte desPassemens.” It was made on the pillow. Until the revocation ofthe Edict of Nantes, it was an object of great commerce to France.Much was exported to Spain and the Indies. How those exiledworkmen were received by the Protestant princes of Europe, andallowed to establish themselves in their dominions, to the loss ofFrance and the enrichment of the lands of their adoption, will betold in due time, when we touch on the lace manufactures ofHolland and Germany.

Since 1784, little lace has been made at Paris itself, but alarge number of lace-makers are employed in applying the flowersof Binche and Mirecourt upon the bobbin-net grounds.

CHANTILLY (Diip. Oise).

“ Dana sa pompe elegante admirez Chantilli,

De heros en heros, d’age eu ago embelli.”

Velille, Let Jardint.

Although there long existed lace-makers in the environs ofParis, the establishment for which Chantilly was celebrated owesits formation to Catherine de Rohan, Ducliesse de Longueville, whosent for workwomen from Dieppe and Havre to her chateau ofEtrepagny, where she retired at the beginning of the seventeenthcentury, and established schools.

The town of Chantilly being the centre of a district of lace-makers, has given its name to the laces of the surrounding district,the trade being distributed over more than a hundred villages, theprincipal of which are Saint-Maximien, Viarmes, Meric, Luzarches,and Dammartin. The proximity to Paris affording a ready sale forits productions caused the manufacture to prosper, and the narrowlaces which they first made were soon replaced by guipures, whitethread and black silk lace. 8 Some twenty years since there dwelt

* Ill “ Statistique de la France,” 1800,the finest silk lace is said to be made atontenay, Puisieux, Merges, and Louvres-en arisis; the coarse and commonkinds at Montmoreucy, Villiers-lc-Bel,Sarccllcs, Ecouen, Saint-Brice, Groslay,

Gisoxs, Saint-Pierre-les-Cbamps, Etre-pagny, &e. Peuchet adds: “ II s’y faitdans Paris et ces environs une grandequantite de dcntelles uoiresdont il se faitdes expeditions considerables. ’ It wasthis same black silk lace which raised to