It is supposed to have been made towards the end of the seventeenth century
The quality of the materials and the thought that went into the design are top notch
with Valenciennes, 233 decline of manufacture, 125 earliest references to, 125-126 English fashion for, 126 grounds in, 125 imperial layette (1856), in, 198 Lille, pattern adopted at, 238 points de France rivalled by, 177-178 Pope's apron bordered with, 70 Turnhout manufacture of, 125, 131 varieties included by term (1665), 35 net, 448 Medici collars, 56 Mdicis family ( See also Katherine and Mary), influence on fashions, 139 Melville, Sir Robert, 37 Memoirs of Madame Palatine , cited, 354 Men as lace workers Chili, 108 England, 392
The bag can be a little front heavy if packed carelessly, but a pair of external compression straps and a rigid bottom panel do a good job keeping everything upright
Fisher Seller: John F