arras.

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The lace-workers earn from 12 to 15 sous.” Pouchet corroboratesthis statement. “ Arras,” he says, “ fait beaucoup de mignonetteet entoilage, dont on consomme beaucoup en Angleterre.” Thefabric of Arras attained its climax during the empire (1804 4 to1812), since which period it has declined. In 1851 there were8000 lace-makers in a radius of eight miles round the city, theirsalary not exceeding 65 centimes a day.

There is little or, indeed, no variety in the pattern of Arraslace ; for years it has produced the same style and design; as a

Fi". 98.

.v.v.v.w.v....

Arras (modern).

the s ^ UenCe sameness, the lace-makers, always executing

that .j ) . a ^ ern ’ ae< l u ire great rapidity. Though not so fine as

s troi fi 1 e> ^ Je ^ aCe Arras has three good qualities: it is very(j ™ }° touch, and perfectly white; hence the great

havi* 111 .]° f . ^ tome and foreign consumption; no other laceTl* 111 er A a t 80 reasonable a price (Fig. 98).

e go d lace of Arras appears also to have had a reputation.n amon g the coronation expenses of George I. a charge foryards of Arras lace “ atrebatiem lacinm.” 27

” Gt. Ward. Acc. Geo. I. 1714-15(P. R. 0.), and Acc. of John, Duke ofMontagu, master of the great wardrobe,touching the expenses of the funeral ofQueen Anne and the coronation of

George T. P. R. O.

In 1761, an act was passed against its

being counterfeited, and a vendor of“ Orrice lace " (counterfeit, we suppose)forfeits her goods.