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226 HISTORY OF LACE. refugees founded a manufactory of that point lace called “ dentelle a la reine 1 in the Orphan House at Amsterdam. 5 A few years later, another Huguenot, Zacharie Chatelain, 6 in troduced into Holland the industry, at that time so important, of making gold and silver lace. The Dutch possessed one advantage over most other nations, especially over England, in her far-famed Haarlem 7 thread, once considered the best adapted for lace in the world. “ No place bleaches flax,” says a writer of the day, 8 “like the meer of Haarlem.” 9 Still the points of Holland made little noise in the world. The Dutch strenuously forbade the entry of all foreign lace, and what they did not consume themselves, they exported to Italy, where the market was often deficient. 10 Once alone in England we hear tell of a considerable parcel of Dutch lace seized between Dept ford and London from the Rotterdam hoy. England, however, according to Anderson, in 1764, received in return for her pro ducts from Holland “ fine lace, but the balance was in England’s favour.” In 1770, the empress queen (Maria Theresa) published a declaration prohibiting the importation of Dutch lace into any of her imperial majesty’s hereditary dominions in Germany. 11 4 We have frequent mention of “den- 6 Grandson of Simon Chatelain. See telle b la reine,’’ previous to its intro- p. 80. duction into Holland. 7 In the paper already referred to <"see 1619. “Plus une aulne ung tiers de “ Normandy ”), on the lace trade, in 1704, dentello h la rcync.’’—Tresorerie de it is stated the Flemish laces called “ den- Mndame, Scaur du Eoi. Arch. Nat. lv. telles de liaut prix” arc made of Lille, j- 234 Mons, and Mechlin thread, sent to bleach 1678. “Les dames mettent ordinaire- at Haarlem, “ as they lsnow not how to ment deux cornettes de Point h la Reyne bleach them elsewhere.” The “den- ou de soie e'crue, rarement de Point de telles de has prix” of Normandy and France, paree que lo point clair sied other parts of France being made entirely mieux au visage.”—Mercure Galant. of the cheaper thread of Haarlem itself, 1683. “Deux Aubes do toille demie an act, then just passed, excluding the liolande garnis de point a la Reyne.”— Haarlem thread, would, if carried out, Inv. fait apres le decedz de Mgr. CuWert. annihilate this branch of industry in Bib. Nat. MSS. Suite de Mortemart, 34. France. “ Commerce des Deutelles do Among the articles to bo taxed on Fil.” Bib. Nat. MSS. F. Fr. 14,294. their entry into Sweden, in 1691, are 8 And. Yarranlon, 16-77. cravats end ruffles of “ Poynto a la 0 “ Flax is improved by age. The Reyne,” together with those of “ point de saying was, ‘ Wool may be kept to dust. Yenise ” and “ poynte d’Espagne.” flax to silk.’ I have seen flax twenty 5 C. Weisse, “ History of the French years old as tine as a hair.”—Ibid. Protestant Refugees from the Edict of 10 “ Commerce do la Hollande,” 1768. Nantes.” Edinburgh, 1854. 11 “ Edinburgh dmusiment.”