LACET BAG.[Fig. 5.]
This bag is made, as its name implies, ofBraid, (that is, Lacet); it is done very much in the manner of point lace.
Draw the pattern on colored paper, of the proper dimensions for the bag; paste a calico lining on the wrong side of the paper, and with colored silk braid go over all the black lines, fastening the ends of braid very neatly and securely to each other. Then all the double lines seen are to be worked in Venetian bars, and the single ones in Sorrento bars, with sewing-silk exactly the color of the braid. Work the Venetian bars on three or four threads, and run the needle in the braid from one to the next.
When complete, it must be removed from the paper, and another side done. The bag must then be made of silk that will harmonize well with the color of the braid, as green with violet, orange gold color, with maroon or purple, and so on. A steel clasp and tassels complete this elegant bag.