Note 90 — Chapter IX · EXCURSION ROUND THE STRAITS.

The Magasin des Demoiselles, (October, 1847,) which ought on such a subject to be a good authority, says that coarse lace was first used by the priests and women in the time of Francis I., soon after two varieties appeared called Visette, and Gueuse: next appeared, from the manufacturers of Brussels, &c., Mignonette, La Compour, and lastly La Guypure, sometimes embellished with silk and gold and silver thread. The original patterns of the guypure resemble those of the lace which at present is known by that name. These, strongly meshed, run and entwine, capriciously imitating the forms of the architecture of the “rénaissance,” which evidently suggested it. The guypures in narrow strips are called “tête de more.”