Bobbins of Belgium

INDEX

Reading edition

Aerseele, 110

Albert King, 194

Alcantara, Comtesse d’, 252

Alençon (town), 31

Alençon lace, 38, 132

Allard, Mme. Josse, 169, 172, 209

Alost, Lace region of, 149, 169ff, 224

Spinneries of, 82

America, Aid from, 17, 235, 236

Lace buyer of, 252

Laces displayed in, 40

Americans in Ghent, 248

Amies de la Dentelle, Convent subsidized by, 218

Lace quality conservation by, 100, 272

Prices under, 103

School reforms under, 15

War committee, see Brussels Lace Committee

Antik lace, see Flanders, Old

Antwerp, Old Flanders in, 115

Port of, 30, 166

Province of, 146

Application lace, 226, 241

Areas producing, 277

Bobbins for, 289

Lacets for, 171

Method of making, 221ff, 292

Restoration of, 256

Tulle base for, 41, 259

Ardois, 109

Argentin lace, 38

Arras, 31

Asper, 252

Bachte, 252

Baelegem, 251

Bailleul, 34

Devastation of, 36

Bayeux, 131

Beernem, 123

Béguinage of Bruges, 154ff

of Ghent, 155

Berraly’s convent, Abbé, 53ff

Beth, Thread firm of, 81

Bethune, Baron de, 85

Beughem, Vicomtesse de, 17, 127, 169

Binche lace, 115, 150, 152, 166

Areas producing, 277

Mesh designs, 297, 298

Method of making, 40, 296

Bixio, M., 27

Blonde lace, 40

Method of making, 134

Bobbin lace, 37

Areas producing, 97ff, 144ff

Method of making, 39, 287ff

Teaching, 161

Varieties of, 39, 40, 292, 296

Bousies, Comtesse de, 249

Brabant, Lace area of, 215ff

Province of, 146

Bruges (town), 30, 51, 87, 91, 124, 247

Lace region of, 143ff

Lace Normal School of, 76, 100

Bruges lace, 241, 249, 257

Areas producing, 143ff, 277

Collars and cuffs, 113

Duchesse, 40, 149, 150, 152

Method of making, 292

Old, 109

Point de, 104

Rosaline and, 226ff

Bruggen, Mme. Van der, 123

Brussels (town), 19, 21, 85, 204, 210, 216, 217, 232, 241, 253

German “Lace Control” in, 122

Museum, 26, 42, 86

Point d’Angleterre in, 223

School of Design, 76, 165, 279

Brussels lace,

Duchesse, 40, 237, 241

Point, 39, 179, 182, 283, 286

Method of making Brussels Point, 286

Brussels Lace Committee, 127, 148, 151, 195

Agency, purchasing and sales, 108, 116, 174, 182,

206, 210, 225, 237, 241

Designs of, 58, 193, 242

Educational aims of, 56, 75, 115

German interference with, 123, 238

Improvements through, 36, 53, 121

Map of lace areas, 276

Origin and purpose of, 15ff

Personnel of, 17

Prices paid by, 103, 112, 123, 124, 254

Representatives of, 105, 118, 149, 236, 252

Thread supply for, 82, 88

Burano lace, 39

Bysance, 26

Calais, 35, 172

Celine, 250

Chantilly lace, 40, 205

Areas producing, 127ff, 277

Method of making, 296

Cinquantenaire Museum, 26, 42, 86

Claterna, Ancient bobbins of, 27

Cluny lace, 28, 44, 89, 94, 98, 111, 118, 123, 149, 150,

152, 162, 225, 237, 251

Areas producing, 277

Designs, 302

Duty on, 90

Guipures of, 99, 103, 104, 113, 149

Method of making, 39, 296, 302, 304

Coates, Thread firm of, 82

Cock, Gillemont de, 148, 166

Colbert, 31

Colette, 179

Collart, M., 17

Comité National, Cooperation of, 16, 17, 19

Relief work of, 216, 235

Commission for Relief in Belgium, 120, 236

Cooperation of, 16, 19, 135

Compagnie des Indes, 17

Convents, Lace-making

Bruges, 149

Cruyshautem, 202

Eecke, 252

Erembodeghem, 189ff

Heckelgem, 215ff

Kerxken, 173

Liedekerke, 218ff

Opbrakel, 201ff

Ruysselede, 252, 255

Scheldewinkle, 252

Thielt, 105, 110

Turnhout, 53ff

Coppens, Mme., 256ff, 265

Courtrai lace region, 79ff

Cox, Thread firm of, 81

Cruyshautem convent, 202

Cuseners, Mme., 129

Designs of various laces, 278ff

Destelbergen, 224, 251, 256

Deynze district, 252, 253

Dixmude, 87, 143

Duchesse lace, 98, 123, 163, 249, 251, 252, 255

Areas producing, 277

Bobbins for, 289

Bruges, 40, 149, 150, 152

Brussels, 40, 237, 241

Guipures, 99

Method of making, 292

Eecke convent, 252

Egypt, 26

Elizabeth, Queen, 17

Laces for, 38, 193ff, 270ff

Patronage of, 15

England, 30

Thread from, 19, 82

Tulle from, 35

Erembodeghem, 185, 210

Lace region of, 189ff

Flanders (district), Lace industry in 30, 43ff, 146

Flanders lace, 41, 99, 163, 237, 241, 251

Details of, 224, 114ff

Guipures of, 113

Method of making, 292

Old, 40, 111, 114ff, 150, 152, 166, 225

France, History of lace in, 30ff

Franciscaine Sisters, 173ff, 189ff, 201ff

Friends of Lace, see Amies de la Dentelle

Furnes, 87, 271

Gand, Canton de, 248

German depredations, 51, 59, 80, 82ff, 88, 231

facteurs, 88, 119

interference with lace workers, 18, 105, 110, 119, 120ff,

157ff, 174, 190, 219, 237ff

“Lace Control,” 20, 120ff

Ghent, 30, 87, 143, 147

Béguinage of, 155

Lace Committee, 249ff

Lace region of, 247ff

Spinneries of, 82

Graeht, Baron van der, 105, 108, 114

Mlle. van der, 105

Grammont, Chantilly lace region, 127ff, 206, 296

Greeks, 26

Grenadine d’Alays, 139

Groothuis museum, 151

Gulleghem, 92

Gysenzeele, 251

Hainaut, Province of, 146

Haltaert, 170

Hansbeek, 255

Hebrews, 26

Heckelgem convent, 215ff

Henry, Mrs. Bayard, 92

Herzele lace region, 231ff

Holland, 30

Lace for Queen of, 207

Hoover, Herbert C., 18

Mrs. Herbert C., 193

Hours of lace workers, 65ff 111ff 217, 228, 255, 268

Imitations, 17, 41, 171, 183

of Chantilly, 132, 138

of Point d’Angleterre, 221

Import duty on lace, 90

Ireland, Thread from, 82

Iseghem, 98

Italy, 15, 36

Ancient bobbins in, 27

History of lace in, 29

Kefer-Mali, Mme., 17, 42, 215, 221

Kerxken lace region, 169ff, 224

Knesselars, 251

Lace areas, List and Map of, 276ff

History of, 25ff

Methods of making, 279ff

Schools, 146, 147, 242ff

Amies de la Dentelle and, 15ff, 76

Chantilly, 129, 131

Convent, 53ff 105, 149ff, 177, 190ff, 205ff, 215, 218ff, 252

Coppens’, 256

Normal, 100, 110ff, 152, 156ff, 273

Trade Union, 265ff

Varieties of, see Bobbin lace and Needle lace

Landsanter, 251

Liedekerke lace region, 215ff

Liedt’s collection, Baron, 151

Lille, 30, 34

Lootenhulle, 252, 255

Louis XIII, 32

Louis XIV, 31, 32, 33

Louis Philippe, 35

Lys River valley flax, 30, 79ff

Machelin, 252

Maertens, Professor, 148, 156

Maldeghem, 149

Malines (town) 30, 86, 248

Malines lace, 40, 100

Areas producing, 277

Bobbins for, 288, 289

Mesh design, 299

Method of making, 73ff, 296

Old laces, 86

Point de Lille and, 71, 72

Map of lace areas, 276

Margharita of Italy, Queen, 15

Maria Loop, 110

Marie Antoinette, 33

Marie-Henriette, Duchess of Brabant, 249

Marie-Thérèse, Empress, 248

Menin, 87

Mercier, Cardinal, 239

Malines lace of, 75

Milan lace, 104

Guipure of, 114

Mullie, Mlle., 87, 89, 90

Museum, Brussels, 26, 42, 86

Courtrai, 85

Groothuis, 151

Needle lace, 37ff, 201, 206, 208ff, 273

Method of making, 279ff

Varieties of, 38ff, 286

Needle Point lace, 44, 99, 162, 169, 189, 202, 223,

248, 249, 251, 252, 269, 270

Areas producing, 277

Method of making, 178ff, 286

New York, 90

Nieuport, 87, 143, 271

Ninove, 128

Spinneries of, 82

Northcliffe’s posters, Lord, 240

Oedelem, 123

Oostcamp, 123, 149

Oosterzele, 251

Opbrakel convent, 189, 201ff

Oultremont, Comtesse Elizabeth d’, 17

Paisley spinneries, 82

Parc, Comte du, 231ff

Mme. du, 231ff

Paris lace market, 69, 90, 196, 223

Paulis, Mme. Lucie, 165, 279

Peat, Thread firm of, 93, 134

Persia, 26

Pittham, 109

Point d’ Alençon, 132

d’Angleterre, 181, 221, 241, 260

Method of making, 40, 223ff

de Bruges, 104

de Flanders, 224ff

de Gaze, 179, 283

d’Hollande, 72

Areas producing, 277

de Lille, 40

Areas producing, 277

Mesh design, 300

Method of making, 71, 296

de Milan, 104

de Paris, 40, 134

Areas producing, 277

Bobbins for, 289

Mesh design, 299

Method of making, 62, 296

Various uses of, 69, 71

de Venise, see Venetian Point

Pompadour, Marquise de, 33

Poperinghe, 87, 271

Prices paid for lace, 88, 103, 117, 183, 196, 217, 254

Prices paid for supplies, 88, 93

Priestess of Hathor, 27

Puy, Thread firm of, 93

Reims, 31

Reticella, 286

Retreats, 154ff

Rippenhausen, Freiherr von, 121

Robertine, Sœur, 174ff, 197

Rond mesh, 91

Roose, Mme., 151

Rosalie, 217

Rosaline lace, 40, 152, 221, 223, 237, 241, 249, 255

Areas producing, 277

Method of making, 226ff, 292

Rose point lace, 39, 195, 292

Method of making, 286

Rubbens, Dr. Armand, 162, 267ff

Rudder, M. de, 193

Rulant, Adele, 172

Russian lace, 163

Ruysselede, 110, 252, 255

Ryeland, Mme., 149

St. Andre, 149

St. Croix, 149

St. Michel, 149, 153

St. Pierre des Calais, 132

Scheldewinkle convent, 252

Schools, see Lace schools

Sedan, 31

Sharlaecken, Mme., 17

Sicily, 30

Sidonie, 178

Sister A., 190ff

Sister M., 220ff

Sister S., 195

Slock, Mlle., 118

Spain, Blonde lace for, 40, 134

Stéphanie, 257ff, 265ff

Stoop, M. de, 79, 84

Syria, 26

Syssele, 149

Thielt lace region, 97ff

Thourout lace region, 97ff

Torchon lace, 40, 94, 99, 150, 152, 298

Areas producing, 277

Bobbins for, 289

Designs of, 301, 303

Teaching of, 162

Turnhout, 43, 135, 143, 144, 165

Lace region of, 49ff

Union Patriotique des Femmes Belges, 17

Valenciennes (town), 30, 34, 147

Valenciennes lace, 31, 40, 85, 89, 94, 99,102, 105, 123,

149, 150, 151, 152, 155, 156, 163, 166, 248, 249

Areas producing, 79ff, 87, 277

Bobbins for, 288

Duty on, 90

Mesh, 27, 41, 71, 90

Mesh design, 295

Method of making, 296

Prices paid for, 254ff

School for, 110, 252

Values of lace, 31, 88, 90, 225, 269