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En route from Le Mans to Sées we must pass directly through Alençon, famous for its lace, and especially for the sort known as Point d’Alençon.

Her point d'Alençon must have spoiled ever so many French girls' eyes.

"Yes," said Hildegarde, "Point d'Alençon; I never saw a more delicate piece."

Point d'Alencon," said he, "bespeaks no vulgar wearer; and such is this!

Lace—Opus filatorium—Mrs. Palliser—M. Blanc—Guipure—Sir Gardiner Wilkinson—Netted lace—Homer—Solomon’s Temple—Bobbin laces—Yak—Coloured laces—Venetian sumptuary laws—Golden laces—Point d’Alençon—Mr. A. Cole’s lectures—M. Urbani de Gheltof on Venice laces—Lace stitches—Revival of lace school at Burano—English laces—Part VIII.: