No. 23 English Needle-Point
This is a very handsome design combining the lily and the rose. The foundation work is made with unbleached linen braid having an ornamental edge, and the filling-in is done with fine and coarse linen thread in various stitches. Raleigh bars with picots define the upper edge of the edging, and Sorrento bars on which buttons are worked form the ground work.
Point de Grecque, point d’Angleterre, d’Alençon bars plain and twisted, point de Bruxelles and “spiders” are also used in making this lace, as will be seen from a close inspection of the engraving.
This specimen of lace is very handsome when developed in black silk braids and silk thread, for black costumes.