THE DICTIONARY OF NEEDLEWORK. sprays,
Foint d'Escalier.
and then laid upon Macliine Net for a ground, tlie ground being made by the liand or on tte
instead of
Pim>w.
— See Embeoideet Stitches. —The French name for Spanish
Point d'Bspague. Point.
Foint Bisette.— See Bisette Lace. Point Brode. A term applied to
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sprigs of
Foint d'Esprit.— See Guipuee d'Aet. Point de Diable.— See Embeoideet Stitches. Point de Dieppe. See Dieppe Point.
pillow
and made of Lace, in whicli the flowers are in Raised Work. Brussels, Honiton, and Duchesse Lace all contain this Raised Work. Point Campau. A narrow Pillow Lace, made in France in the early part of the seventeenth century. It was made with fine white thread, and as an edging, and was chiefly used as a border to wider laces. relief,
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Point Chemiu de Per. See Embeoideet Stitches. The French name for Darned Point Cont^. Netting. Point Coup6. The French Term for Ctjtwoek Laces. See Embeoideet Stitches and Point Croise. GuiPUEE d'Aet. Point d'Aignille. These are Needle-made Laoes, such as Venetian and Spanish Point, Alenfon and Argentan
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Point de Peston.
Points, and Old Brussels.
d'Augleterre. — A
Pillow Lace made in Point by English ships, during the war between Louis XIV. and the Dutch.
Bdging.
— See
Brussels Lace
the ground formed with Brides Ornees.
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Point de Gibecidre. The French name for the Double or Knotted Bar used in Macrame Lace. See
Double Bar, Maceame,
a beautiful lace, similar in workmanship to Honiton Lace, but made with bolder designs and a greater amount of Raised Work. For a full
Foint de
is
Duchesse Lace. Point de Bruxelles.—The French name for Beussels Lace. Also Gdipuee d'Aet. Point de Cable.— See Embeoideet Stitches.
Embeoideet Stitches.
—A
Foint de Champ. term applied to lac9 a Net Pattern or Reseau Ground.
Point de Chant.—A Pillow Lace Ground, See Point de Paeis.
made
alao
vrith
known
as Point de Paris.
Point de Chaudieu.—The French term for Chain Bar, See Chain Bae, Maceame. Point d'Echelle. Sec Embeoideet Stitches.
used in Macrame.
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Point de Cone.— See Cone, Guipuee d'Aet. Point de Cot6. See Embeoideet Stitches. Point de Croix.—The French term for Ceoss Stitch. See Beelin Woek and Embeoideet Stitches.
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Point d'Bpine.— See Embeoideet Stitches.
much
in
request
during
the
seventeenth
and
made
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See
at
Embeoideet Stitches.
Point de Marli. This was a species of tulle or gauze, made upon the Pillow during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and used as a ground for PUlow Laoes.
— See Embeoideet Stitcher. — See Mechlin Lace. Medicis. — The name given in France to the
Foint de Marque.
Foint de Mechlin. Foint de
Italian Raised Points, because they were first rendered
popular in that country on the aiTival there of Catherine de Medicis.
Point de Milan.
description of this lace see
— See
— See Gobelin Stitch, Beelin Havre. —A narrow make of Valenciennes
Foint de Gobelin.
WOEE.
twice at every Pinhole, instead of four or five times, the lace does not possess the value of the best descriptions of
Point de Chainette.
AxENgoN
Point de Genes. See Genoa Lace. Foint de Gerhe. See Guipuee d'Aet.
Point de Jours.
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Point Duchesse
See
Dieppe.
kinds,
Valenciennes.
which
Point.
eighteenth centuries, and resembling the laces
Lace is made at Bruges of two one being Valenciennes, and the other Point Duchesse, or Guipm-e de Bruges. The Valenciennes Lace is made on the Pillow, and with a round Net Ground, but as the Bobbins in making this ground are only twisted
Point de Bruges.
of the names by See Behssels Lace.
known.
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Lace,
—See
is
Point de France. One of the names given to Alen^on Point when made in the style of Venetian Point and with
Angleteeee
Aegentan Point. Point d'Armes. — See Embeoideet Stitches. Point d'Attache. —See Embeoideet Stitches. Point de Biais.— See Embeoideet Stitches. Point d'Argeutan.
Guipdeb d'Aet.
Maceame. Foint de Plandre. — One
Flanders, and smuggled into France
Point d'Angleterre Edging.
— —See
Foint de Penillage.—The French name for the Ridge or Twisted Bar used in Macrame Lace. See Ridge Bae,
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—See Milan Point.
Point de Paris.—Also known a narrow lace made upon the
Brassels
Lace.
It
flourished
as
Point Double.
Pillow,
It
and resembles
during the
seventeenth
and until the great Revolution, and was made Paris and tlie surrounding country, and in Normandy. centui-y
ia
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Point de Paris Ground. Also known as Point de Chant. A Pillow Lace Ground, and one that is still used when making Black Lace. The design of the ground is that of a hexagon and a triangle alternately, and the effect is
extremely good, whether the stitch is used to fill up a it is only used as a Filling for the
large surface, or whether centres of flowers
and
sprigs.
To work
the insertion
shown
Prick the pattern with two parallel rows of Pinholes, placing the rows the distance apart that is requii-ed for the width of the insertion. Hang on twenty-four in Fig. 670
:
Bobbins, numbering them from
1 to 24, in order to dis-
tinguish them while working.
Separate fourteen from the
numbered from 11
and lay them on the right CFF
rest,
to 24,