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their own names to their different laces, Vierge, Ave Maria, &c.(Fig. 89), and the designation of “ poussin ” (chicken) is given tothe lace in question from the delicacy of its workmanship.

Point de Dieppe (Fig. 90) much resembles Valenciennes, but

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is less complicated in its make. The ground has three threads,Valenciennes four; and whereas Valenciennes can oidy be made inlengths of 8 inches without detaching the lace from the pillow,the Dieppe point is not taken off, but rolled. 12 A few aged

12 Peuchet, of Dieppe, says: “ On ne fait pas ia dentelle en roulant lcs fuseauxsnr le coussin, mnis en 1’y jetnnt.”