Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present day. A handbook for amateurs, collectors and general readers (1888)
Lefébure, Ernest, b. 1835, Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934 · London, H. Grevel · leaf 193
ourwith women, who applied them-selves to making all sorts oftextile ornaments for religiousand secular use. Altar clothsand baptismal napkins, as wellas bed coverlets and table-cloths, were decorated withthese squares of net embroidery,inserted most often into largersquares of plain linen,… … Fig. 88.—Sampler withsquares of cutwork (Museedes Arts decoratifs). * This combination of open embroideries was called Punto realeor Royal point, by some of the Italian designers (see Pattern Book, byParasole, 1616). THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. l8l appear eagles, is in the Cluny Museum, and is saidto…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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