The following illustrations are specimens of ancient and modern laces
from Mrs. Bury Palliser's collection:--
[Illustration: 419.--Dalecarlian Lace.]
[Illustration: 420.--Old Mechlin.]
[Illustration: 421.--Mechlin Lace (Queen Charlotte's).]
No. 419 shows Dalecarlian lace, made by the women of Dalecarlia. This is
a coarse kind of lace, and is sewn on caps, &c., and, although highly
starched, is never washed, for fear of destroying its coffee-coloured
tint, which, it appears, is as much prized now by the Swedish rustics as
it was by English ladies in the last century.
[Illustration: 422.--Buckingham Point Trolly, 1851 (Black Lace).]
Both these specimens of Mechlin belonged to Queen Charlotte, who much
admired this elegant lace.
No. 423.--The Bedford plaited lace is an improvement on the old Maltese.
Honiton guipure lace is distinguished by the groundwork being of various
stitches, in place of being sewn upon a net ground. The application of
Honiton sprigs upon bobbin net has been of late years almost superseded
by this modern guipure.
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