POINT DE FLANDRES OR FLANDERS LACE 176 Flowers made with bobbins, mesh with needle; designs by the Lace Committee. HANDKERCHIEF IN NEEDLE-POINT 177 Made near Alost. Both mesh and flowers made with needle. DETAIL SHOWING SEVEN DIFFERENT FILLING-IN STITCHES 177 VENISE DESIGNS BY THE BRUSSELS LACE COMMITTEE 180 HANDKERCHIEF AND JEWEL BOXES; FLANDERS AND VENISE OVER SATIN AND VELVET 181 VENISE BANQUET CLOTH PRESENTED BY THE LACE COMMITTEE TO H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH ON HER RETURN FROM EXILE 192–193 Design by M. de Rudder; executed by 30 best Venise-makers in Belgium in six months. CUSHION COVER IN VENISE 196 Pekinese dog; design by M. Allard. TABLE CENTER IN FLANDERS WITH CENTER AND BORDER OF VENISE 197 Design by Lace Committee; executed in West Flanders by five workers in 15 days. “THE TOURNEY” BANQUET CLOTH 208 Design reproducing a mediæval painting in Tournai, executed in Venise lace by 10 workers in one month, mounting and embroidery by five workers in one month. Price in Brussels, 1,000 francs. “ARMS OF ALLIES” CUSHION COVER IN VENISE, WITH DETAILS IN FLANDERS 209 NEEDLE-POINT SCARF EXPRESSING GRATITUDE OF BELGIUM TO HOLLAND. PRESENTED TO H.M. QUEEN WILHELMINA 216–217 Executed by 30 workers in eight months. BOBBIN LACES 224 Malines; Application, flowers sewn on tulle; Duchesse, with Needle-Point insertion. APPLICATION DETAILS TO BE SEWED ON TULLE 225 Upper flower shows open spaces left by bobbin worker for needle worker; lower flower shows both bobbin and needle work completed. WEDDING GIFT OF MR. HOOVER TO MRS. PAGE 240 Executed in Venise and Flanders lace by 30 women working three months. American eagles with outspread wings, protecting the Belgian Lion enchained in the four corners. FLANDERS—NEEDLE MESH, BOBBIN FLOWERS 240 VENISE LACE CENTER, BORDER OF VALENCIENNES 241 Lace executed in Flanders by 40 women in two months; embroidery and mounting in Brussels by four women in three months. VALENCIENNES, SQUARE MESH 241 FAN IN NEEDLE-POINT 256 Executed by three women in six weeks. “Shields of the Allies,” design drawn by M. Knoff for the Lace Committee.