PREFACE. HE following facsimiles of Point- in the valuable collection at the South Kensington Museum, and are published with the sanction of the authorities of that Institution, for which sanction the Author is very grateful, as she is thus afforded an opportunity of diffusing among the public a few antique examples, as standard models of beauty to those who now endeavour to revive the long-neglected art of needle lace-making. D. W. H. LIST OF PLATES. I. LEMISH LACE. 17th Century. No. 588 in the South Kensington Museum. 2. Pattern by which the same can be worked in braid and stitches. 3. FLEMISH LACE. 17th Century. No. 596 in the South Kensington Museum. 4. Pattern by which the same can be worked with braid, brides, and stitches. 5. PIECE OF LACE IN THE "BOCK COLLECTION." No. 1586 in the South Kensington Museum. 6. Pattern for working the same with braid, brides, and stitches. 7. FLEMISH LACE. 17th Century. No. 586 in the South Kensington Museum. 8. Pattern for working the same with braid and brides. 9. ITALIAN LACE. 17th Century. No. 583 in the South Kensington Museum. 10. Pattern for working a copy of the same with braid, brides, cord, and stitches. |