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HISTORY OF LACE.

superior to all in Calvados. It is the first manufactory for largopieces of black lace (Fig. 9d), of extra fine quality and rich design;and as point d’Alenpon (see p. 172) lace has also been introducedinto the city, Bayeux excels equally at the pillow and theneedle.

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Illack luc> of Riyeux.

Messrs. Lefebure have also most successfully reproduced theVenetian point in high relief; the raised flowers are executed withgreat beauty, the pioots rendered with the greatest precision(Coloured Plate XI.). The discovery of the way in which this