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By the sumptuary laws of Zurich, which 40 were most severe,women were especially forbidden to wear either blonde or threadlace, except upon their caps. This must have been a disadvantageto the native fabrics, “ for Zurich,” says Anderson, “ makes muchgold, silver, and thread lace.”

Several pattern books for lace were published in Switzerlandin the later years of the sixteenth century. One, without date,but evidently printed at Zurich about 1540, by C. Froschover, isentitled “Niiw Modelbiich allerley Gattungen Dantel,” Ac. Werefer our reader to the Appendix for some interesting detailsrelative to the introduction of lace given in the preface. Anotherone, entitled “ New Model-Buch,” printed by G. Strauben, 15911,at St. Gall, is but a reprint of the third book of Vecellio's“ Corona.” Another, called also “ Sehr Newe Model-Buch,” waspublished at Basle in 1599, at the printing-house of LudwigKiinigs.

40 A curious pattern book has beensent to us, belonging to the AntiquarianSociety of Zurich, through the kindnessof its president, Dr. Ferd. Keller. It

contains specimens of a variety of narrowbraids and edgings of a kind of knottedwork; but only a few open-work edgingsthat could bo eallod lace.