1C6 HISTORY OK LACE. the end of the century entirely expel the bouquets from the ground. Fig. 82, inadvertently placed here, is Brussels. 9 Point d’Alenpon is made entirely by hand, with a fine needle, upon a parchment pattern, in small pieces, afterwards united by invisible seams. Each part is executed by a special workwoman. Formerly it required eighteen 10 different hands to complete a " Before the Revolution, Roland esti mates the annual value of t! e manufae- ture at 11,000,000 to 12.000,000 livres. Savary deducts 150,000 livres fertile raw material, the Lille thread, which was used at prices ranging from 800 to 900 livres for good tine point; but Lille at that time fabricated thread as high as 1800 livres per lb. 10 There were the " piqueuse,” •• tra- Brussels point a l’aiguille. Formerly belonged to H, M. Queen Charlotte.