Some years ago I visited a village in southern Belgium which had specialised in making black Chantilly lace. It’s name escapes me. The lace we saw was fantastic, but we were told that there was little of it left, because the black dye used to colour the thread, (or maybe the process used) rotted the thread over time. I wonder if anyone else has heard this, and also, what dye was used?
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