Part 11 (1/2)

A Point de Venise lappet a reseau, 46 inches long, 5-1/4 inches wide 22 0 0

Point de Venise tr.i.m.m.i.n.g, 8 yards long 4 inches deep 65 0 0

A piece of flat Venetian insertion, 4 yards 3-3/4 inches deep 92 0 0

A Rose Point flounce, 4 yards long 5 inches deep 200 0 0

A Rose Point flounce, 3 yards 31 inches long 22 inches deep 600 0 0

A Rose Point flounce, 4 yards 7 inches long 24 inches deep 540 0 0

A Rose Point flounce, 3 yards 32 inches long 15 inches deep 560 0 0

A Rose Point flounce, 4 yards 11 inches long 18 inches deep, and a pair of sleeves en suite 650 0 0

A Rose Point flounce, 4 yards 3 inches long 11-1/2 inches deep 510 0 0

A raised Point de Venise square, 1 yard 24 inches long 1 yard 6 inches wide 450 0 0

An Old Brussels ap.r.o.n, 41 inches wide, 37 inches deep 145 0 0

A specimen piece of early Valenciennes, 2 yards long 7 inches deep 42 0 0

The following prices have been given by the South Kensington authorities for specimens shown:--

s. d.

A Venetian Point altar-frontal, 8 3 feet 350 0 0

A Venetian chasuble, stole, maniple, and chalice veil 200 0 0

A 2 yards 5/8 yard Venetian flounce 125 0 0

A Gros Point collar 21 0 0

A Brussels lappet 23 0 0

A drawn-thread jacket 10 10 0

Linen cutwork tunic 20 0 0

[Ill.u.s.tration: EGYPTIAN EMBROIDERY.

Found in a tomb at Thebes.]

CHATS ON NEEDLEWORK