348 JI1ST0HY OF LACE. was named by the loyal manufacturers “ llegency point.” It was a durable and handsome lace. (Fig. 131.) liRssn h'gSSf^%'A IU'gency point. Bedford. Towards the year 1830, insertions found their way to the public taste (Fig. 132). Fig. 132. 'r.rwal.SJ rf [ ! i< 2§Sj Insertion. Bedford. The exhibition of 1851 gave a sudden impulse to the traders, and from that period the lace industry rapidly developed. At this time were introduced the Maltese guipures and the “ plaited ” laces, a variety grafted on the old Maltese (Fig. 133). Five years later appears the first specimen of the raised plait, now so thoroughly established in the market.