This design, as illustrated, is of course too small for either a doily
or handkerchief, but an expert lace-maker can enlarge it to any size
desired; and the clever amateur will find no difficulty in doing the
same thing, as the outlines are not at all intricate, and may be easily
followed. In sending for the braid for this, or similar designs, it is
advisable to permit the lace-maker addressed to select them, and of
course, the thread, since her long experience enables her at once to
correctly judge what materials are appropriate for the articles you wish
to make, especially if she knows the size the article is desired to be.
The stitches, as here indicated, are point d'Angleterre rosettes, and
point de fillet, with small "spiders" on the latter. A dainty
picot-braid edges the design.
[Illustration: No. 17.--Design for a Doily or Handkerchief of Point or
Honiton Lace. (Half Size.)]
No. 18.
"CARDINAL'S POINT" LACE.
This engraving represents a modern adaptation of an ancient lace which
may be made of fancy Battenburg braid and plain Raleigh bars. The design
is not especially definite in its outlines, and may be imitated with any
variations which may seem pleasing to the copyist. The picots are made
after the method directed at the illustration of point de Venise bars in
the department devoted to stitches. "Cardinal's point" of genuine make
is of Italian origin, and in the earlier eras, was largely used for the
decoration of church vestments and draperies.
[Illustration: No. 18.--"Cardinal's Point" Lace.]
Nos. 19 and 20.