Les points de France
A 1912 study of French needle lace, the points de France, by Ernest Lefébure, published in New York and aimed at lace collectors, makers and historians of textiles. Its plates photograph lace flounces, a doily and a border from private collections and museums, with dense white floral and scrolled patterns worked against black backgrounds that a designer could use as a reference for ornamental openwork, lattice and foliate motifs.
