OCR Text |
Show BftftBft,''' Lace at $5,000 a Yard. Hr Tho most expcnslvo laco manufne- B' turcd to-day Is valued at $5,000 a H-J yard. Such lace Is mado, however, in BftftBJ very small quantities. It is In Imltn- P J Uon of "old point," and tho thread BftftBj 1 used Is tho finest flllgreo silver, tho BftftjT pattern bolng thickly Incrustcd with T"? diamonds. Tho price of this! trimming BftftB is about $144 an Inch. Tho high BftftBj prices which tho fine laces command BBftftj aro, of course, occasioned by tho care ' Bftftft ful workmanship that Is required In pM"4 their manufacture. Besides, tho thread PPtt jjtetfttBFlvery expensive, tin ounce of, Finn- BftftftmA Waor8 thrend having frequently been BftftBftjL sold at $20 a pound. 13 ut this qunn- PPI tlty can bo turnod Into laco worth BftftBj J j $200. At a sale of laco which was PBM. 1 hold recently In Brussels, a point d'np- BBftftj pllquo laco flounco brought moro than P' $1,000, whllo somo old Vonotlan point ft was sold for $10 an inch. |