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Corona delle nobili, et virtvose donne. Libro [primo] : nel quale si dimostra in varij dissegni molte sorti di mostre di punti in aria, punti tagliati, punti a reticello, & ristampa la quarta voltà

Vecellio, Cesare, ca. 1521-1601 · 1592 · In Venetia, C. Vecellio · 27 pictures

A lace pattern book by Cesare Vecellio, printed in Venice in 1592 for women working punto in aria, cutwork and reticella. The woodcuts are white designs reserved out of solid black grounds: geometric grids, scrolling vine borders, pomegranates, saw-tooth points and small figures, usable as reversible ornament, repeating bands, frames and stencil-like silhouette motifs.

Lace and lace making -- Italy · Lace and lace making -- Patterns -- Early works to 1800 · Decoration and ornament · Reticella lace

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