LACE. 29 sumption in Prance, but, from the beginning of the last century, little used, save by the lower classes. Many old persons may still remember the term, “ beggars’ lace.” 5. Mignonette. 29 —A light, fine, pillow lace, called “ blonde de 111) 30 also “ point de tulle,” from the ground resembling that fabric, t was made of Lille thread, bleached at Antwerp, of different widths, never exceeding 2 or 3 inches. This lace was manu factured at Lille and Arras, and also in the environs of Paris, m Lorraine, Auvergne, Normandy, and Switzerland. It was an art]clo of considerable export, and at times in high favour, from Fig. 16. Old Mechlin. its lightness and clear ground, for head-dresses 31 and other trimmings. 32 6. Point de Paris, or point double. 1729. “ Huit palatines tant points < P le ftrignonettes”— Jnv, de deces de dlenriette de Bourbon-Conty, t »oewe du Sang, Duchesse de Orleans. -P r-, Ar oh. Nat. X. 10,077. Trente-vingt paires de manchottes, •lustre coiiffures, le tout tant de differents Point qu’Angleterre, mignonettes que tulles.” Ibid. 1761. “ Fichus garnis h trois rangs de onde de fil sur entoilage.”—Inv. de arlotte Aglae d'Orlcans, Princesse du an 9> Duchesse de Modern (daughter of the Eegent). 1789. Ruffles of blonde de fil appear 7 S °7i n ^ nv ' de deces de Monseigneur ® Vue de Duras. Bib. Nat. MSS. F. li- 11,440. 1758. “ XJne pnire de manchettes h trois rangs de blonde de fil sur en toilage.”—Inv. de Mademoiselle Louise Anne de Bourbon Condd de Charollais (sister of Mademoiselle de Clermont). Arch. Nat. X. 10,076. 31 “ On employe aussi pour les coiiffures de la mignonette, et on a tellement per- fectionne' cette dentelle, que estant peu de chose dans son commencement est de- venue de consequence et meme tres chere, j’entends, la plus fine qu’on fait sur de beaux patrons.”—Le Mercure Galant, 1699. 32 It frequently appears in the adver tisements of the last century. In the “ Scottish Advertiser,” 1769, we find enumerated among the stock in trade, u Mennuet and blonde lace.”