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 19
5. Part of a collar of minute Venetian needle-point lace, English needle-point lace. figure is not quite distinct, in showing the XVIII. Scallops of “ punto in aria,” insertions of amazing delicacy of the relief work and its enrich- “reticella,” and of similar design, may also be seen ment. Each of… … English sampler with needle-point stitches, splendid needle-point lace, exclusively originating, infant daughters of James L, which are dated I think, from Venice in the 17th century, which 1606 and 1607. Who may have made these, who the nobility and wealthy personages of the time can say ? In the…
Lace and lace making
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