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Wales, were all of Honiton lace, the patterns consisting of the na- 

 tional flowers, the latter with prince's-feathers intermixed with ferns, 

 and introduced with the most happy effect." These sprigs are joined 

 with the needle by various stitches, forming Honiton guipure. Fig. 2, 

 which, in richness and delicacy, is by many thought to surjjass the fine 



Fia. 11. Honeysuckle Spkig of Modern Honiton. 



guipure of Belgium, known as duchesse lace. " The reliefs are em- 

 broidered with the greatest delicacy, and the beauty of the workman- 

 ship is exquisite." 



Valenciennes and Mechlin were the first laces in which the ground 

 was wrought in one piece with the design. Until this time all lace 

 had been guipure that is, it had consisted of open embroidery, in 

 which the figures were connected by brides without any thing like a 

 background. The network ground, which we now take to be the es- 

 sential thing in lace, was not thought of till the end of the seven- 

 teenth century. The word guipure means a thick cord over which 

 silk, gold, or silver thread, is twisted. In the seventeenth century 

 this guipure, or guip'e, was introduced into lace to imitate the high- 



