163

MODERN HONITON LACE 167

LIMERICK "FILLINGS" 173

CARRICK-MA-CROSS LACE 177

RETICELLA WITH GENOA BORDERS 182

POINT D'ANGLETERRE 185

ITALIAN ECCLESIASTICAL LACE 189

BRUSSELS LAPPET 193

"POINT DE GAZE" 197

NEEDLEWORK

EGYPTIAN EMBROIDERY 208

BAYEUX TAPESTRY 211

KING HAROLD FROM BAYEUX TAPESTRY 215

FRAGMENT FROM THE "JESSE" COPE 221

THE "SYON" COPE 225

THE STEEPLE ASTON ALTAR FRONTAL 232

THE "NEVIL" ALTAR FRONTAL 235

DIAGRAM SHOWING USE OF VESTMENTS 239

SET OF ECCLESIASTICAL VESTMENTS 243

EARLY "PETIT POINT" PICTURE 256

EARLY "PETIT POINT" PICTURE 259

STUART GLOVE 263

STUART MIRROR FRAME 271

STUART BOOK COVER 278

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S POCKET-BOOK 281

"BLACK WORK" CAP 285

EMBROIDERY PORTRAIT OF KING CHARLES I. 293

STUMP-WORK PICTURE 297

"PETIT POINT" PICTURE WORKED ON SATIN 301

A SEVENTEENTH CENTURY "SAMPLER" 309

EARLY ENGLISH "SAMPLER" 313

JACOBEAN HANGINGS 319

ENLARGEMENT OF SPRAY FROM HANGINGS 323

QUEEN ANNE PICTURE 327

EARLY GEORGIAN PICTURE 334

"THE LAST SUPPER" 337

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SILK EMBROIDERED PICTURE 341

BLACK SILK AND HAIR PICTURE 345

A "GAINSBOROUGH" PICTURE 361

I

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LACE

[Illustration: EGYPTIAN CUT AND DRAWN WORK.

Found in a tomb in Thebes.]

[Illustration: OLD ITA