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126 HISTORY OF LACE. of Italian points, no lace coverlets to his “Lict d’ange moire tabizee, couleur de rose, chamarree de dentelles d’or et d’argent.” We may almost imagine that the minister and his secretary combined were already meditating the establishment of Points de France. In this reign, fresh sumptuary ordinances are issued. That of 27th November 1(160 is the most important of all, 4 and is highly commended by Sganarelle in the “Ecole des Maris” of Moliere, which appeared the following year :— “ Oh ! trois et quatre fois soit be'ni cet edit, Par qui des vetemens le luxe est intcrdit; Lea peines des maris ne seront pas si grandee, Et les femmes auront uu frein a leurs demandes. Oh ! que je sais au roi bon gre' de ses de'crets ; lit que, pour le repos de ees memes maris, J e voudrais bien qu’on fit de la coquetterie Comme de la guipure et de la broderie.” This ordinance, after prohibiting all foreign “ passemens, den telles, points de Genes, points coupes,” Ac., or any French laces or passements exceeding an inch in width, allows the use of the “ collerettes ” and “ manchettes ” persons already possess for the space of one year, after which period they are only to be trimmed with a lace made in the kingdom, not exceeding an inch in width. The ordinance then goes on to attack the “ canons,” 5 which, it states, have been introduced into the kingdom with “ un exces de depense insupportable, par la quantite de passemens, points de Venise et Genes,” with which they are loaded. The use of them is now entirely prohibited, unless made of plain linen or of the same stuff as the coat, without lace or any ornament. The lace-trimmed canons of Louis XIV., as represented in the picture of his interview with Philip IV., in the Island of 4 It is to be found at the Archives Nat. or in the Library of the Cour de Cassation. In the Archives Nat. is a small collection of ordinances relative to lace collected by M. Rondo- neau, extending from 166G to 1773. It is very difficult to get at all the ordi nances. Many are printed in De la Mare (“ Traite' de la Police ”); but the most complete work is the “Kecueil general des anciennes Lois franyaiscs, depuis l’an 420 jusqu’a la Revolution de 1780,” par MM. Isambert, Ducrusy et Taillandier. Paris, 1820. The ordi- dances bear two dates, that of their issue and of their registry. 5 The “ has a bottes,” afterwards called ‘■canon,” wasacircle of linen or other stuff fastened below the knee, widening at the bottom so as to fill the enlarge rneut of the boot, and, when trimmed with lace, having the appearance of a ruffle.