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Cantor lectures on the art of lace-making : delivered before the Society of Arts, April and May, 1881 (1881)

Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934, Society of Arts (Great Britain) · London : W. Trounce · leaf 17

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series of closely-drawn drawing out threads, and so leaving a linen loops worked very much as shown in Fig. 4. pattern; and (4) work done by darning a pattern XI. In the specimen in Fig. 10, I want into network. We have also seen specimens of the Fig. 10. early geometric laces—the “ punto in aria,”… … Vandyked border of mixed work, the upper part of needle-point, more vivacious than the simple rosettes and radia- the lower and dentated part of plaited and twisted threads. tions. In the centre we have a shield surmounted by a crown. Curves slope from each side of it, to upper part is all of…

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