9 ft. × 30 in. _Bought in Madrid in 1840_] [Illustration: PLATE CXIV. TWO EXAMPLES OF BOBBIN-MADE INSERTION No. 1. Spanish bobbin-made insertion: the stems are of gold and the flowers of silver _16th century_ No. 2. Genoese bobbin-made insertion of silver with shell pattern edge. Together 3 ft. 6 in. _17th century_] [Illustration: PLATE CXV. FOUR PATTERNS OF ITALIAN GOLD AND SILVER BOBBIN-MADE LACE Probably made at Lucca. Together 11 ft. 6 in. _17th century_] [Illustration: PLATE CXVI. TWO LAPPETS OF BOBBIN-MADE BLACK No. 1. Lappet of bobbin-made black Bedfordshire silk lace No. 2. Lappet of bobbin-made black Brussels silk lace Together 7 ft. _About 1848_] [Illustration: PLATE CXVII. TWO BORDERS OF BOBBIN-MADE LACE No. 1. Bobbin-made lace. The pattern of leaves is outlined in parts by a stout thread No. 2. A large flower repeated forms the edge. The characteristic very simple réseau is spotted with groups of six small square dots Together 4 ft. 10 in. _Bucks, 18th century_] [Illustration: PLATE CXVIII. BORDER AND CAP CROWN OF BOBBIN-MADE LACE Of Devonshire make in the style of Point d'Angleterre or Brussels lace. The toilé details are made separately and joined partly by réseau and partly by brides picotées. The upper piece shows the back of the lace, with the threads from the réseau carried across the toilé of the pattern. The convolutions of the toilé in the blossoms are considered to be characteristic of Honiton lace. 3 ft. 4 in. _Honiton, 18th century_] [Illustration: PLATE CXIX. LAPPET OF BOBBIN-MADE LACE The toilé flowers and leaves, chiefly rose, shamrock and thistle, are joined by an irregular mesh simple réseau made by hand. The original design was perhaps to celebrate the Union. 5 ft. × 5½ in. _Honiton, about 1840_] [Illustration: PLATE CXX. TWO BORDERS OF APPLIQUÉ LACE, ONE WITH A VANDYKE EDGE AND ONE WITH A MITRED OR SCALLOPED EDGE The flowers are of bobbin-made lace with accentuations of plaited cordonnet as in Point d'Angleterre, and then applied and sewn to machine-made net. Together 4 ft. 5 in. _Devonshire (Honiton)_] INDEX A Alb, 9, 23, 27, 30, 33 Alençon, 10, 15, 31, 37, 50 Alexandria, 26 Alva, Duke of, 52 Angleterre, 38 Angoulême, Marguérite d', 31, 32 Antwerp, 50 Apparels, 24 Appliqué, 9, 52 Argentan, 15, 39 Argentella, 9 Arras, 16, 50 Assisi, 25 Assisi, Basilica of, 29 Avorio, punto, 9, 14, 31, 34, 35 B Bar Convent, The, 40 Bedfordshire, 51 Benedictine Order, 24 Bible of St. Martial, 23 Bibliothèque Nationale, 23, 24 Binche, 38, 49 Blonde, 16, 51 Bobbin Lace, Classification of, 4 Bock, Dr. Franz, 28, 53 Bone point, 9 Boniface VIII., 27, 28 Braun, S. J., Father, 53 British Museum, 21 Brussels, 16, 39, 47, 51 Buckingham, 16, 50, 51 Burano, 37 Buratto, 4, 10, 31 Buttonhole stitch, 10, 28 Byssus, 28 C Camisia, 35 Carrickmacross, 41 Cartiglia, 27