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Title: History of lace
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878 Dryden, Alice Jourdain, Margaret
Subjects: Lace and lace making -- History
Publisher: London : Sampson Low, Marston
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library

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ce-workersieft Alencon on the Revocation ofthe Edict of Nantes, as there werenot 4,000 lace-workers then in the■toivn. He deducts 150,000 livres for theraw material, the Lille thread, whichwas used at prices ranging from60 to 1,600 livres per pound; from800 to 900 livres for good fine point;but Lille at that time fabricatedthread as high as 1,800 livres perpound. In 1705 ther§ were ten pro-cesses :—(1) Le dessin ; (2) le picage ;(3) la trace ; (4) les fonds; (5) ladentelure ou bride a picots; (6) labrode ; (7) Ienlevage ; (8) Ieboulage ;(9) le regalage; (10) Iassemblage. Mrs. Palliser gives eighteen pro-cesses, and states that this number isnow reduced to twelve. The work-women were :—(1) The piqueuse; (2)traceuse; (3) reseleuse ; (4) remplis-seuse; (5) fondeuse; (6) modeuse ;(7) brodeuse; (8) ebouleuse; (9) rega-leuse; (10) assembleuse ; (11) tou-cheuse ; (12) brideuse ; (13) boucleiase ;(14) gazeuse; (15) mignonneuse; (16)picoteuse; (17) affineuse; (18) aflfi-quese. Plate LV.
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