A technical history of the manufacture of Venetian laces (Venice- Burano) / by G.M. Urbani de Gheltof ; translated by Lady Layard
A technical history of Venetian lacemaking by Giuseppe Marino Urbani de Gheltof, translated by Lady Layard and published in Venice by Ferdinand Ongania in 1882 for collectors, needleworkers and the Burano lace revival. Line cuts diagram stitch structures and mesh grounds, while dense black-ground plates reproduce pattern-book borders, punto in aria grotesques and floral sprigs usable as rules, tailpieces and repeating trims.
