_c._ Rosaline (an imitation with bobbins of Rose Point. Brodes, or raised outlines made with the needle, give it relief). _d._ Flanders (in this lace the base of brides or bars is replaced by a net mesh base executed with a needle). _e._ Application (the flowers, executed like those of Bruges are sewed upon tulle). 2. Lace made with uncut or continuous threads. Laces of this group are executed on a stationary cushion. The design, before it can be used by the worker, must pass through the hands of a _piqueuse_, or interpreter, who prepares what is called the patron or pattern (sketch o), that is to say, determines in advance the places where the pins destined to hold the threads, must be placed (sketch of a piqure, p.). This work of the piqueuse demands great skill and infinite patience. Upon her interpretation will depend the aspect of the lace, for the worker follows her indications rigidly. This pattern is pricked on a supple and resistant cardboard (in olden times it was made on parchment) and is pinned to the cushion with the selvage of the lace at the left. The worker then attaches to a row of pins placed all across the top of the pattern, the threads which she will need, often many hundreds. [Illustration: _o._ Pattern from which piqure is made] [Illustration: _p._ Piqure] Now she commences her work, braiding, twisting, intercrossing the threads in diverse ways, and placing a pin each time the threads must be held in a position which they can not retain without the aid of a fixt support. When she arrives at the bottom of her pattern, with great care she takes out all the pins, and lifts her work to the top of the pattern, replacing the pins so that the lace will be kept absolutely regular. She then recommences her work of braiding or weaving, repeating the same operation till the length of lace she must make is finished. The patterns are usually about a foot long. [Illustration: _q._ Valenciennes mesh] The bobbin laces made with continuous thread comprise: _a._ Cluny and _b._ Laces with a mesh base: 1. Valenciennes, 2. Binche, 3. Malines, 4. Point de Paris, 5. Point de Lille, 6. Chantilly. The varieties in Group _b_ may truly be called woven lace, because they contain a veritable tissue in which, tho the threads are combined in such a way as to produce more or less open effects, the opaque parts are woven regularly, that is as linen is woven. The pattern of the mesh of each of these laces is different. Valenciennes (sketch q.). Binche (sketch r and s.). Malines (sketch t.). Point de Paris (sketch u.). Point de Lille (sketch v.). Further, Malines, Chantilly, Point de Lille, and Point de Paris are characterized by the presence of the _bourdon_, or heavy thread, slightly twisted, outlining all the details of the design.