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 196
Fig. 89.—Band of stout threads darned into network (/tf«*s\[sixteenthcentury (Musee des Arts decoratifs). THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 183 white thread embroideries on linen, cut points, anddrawn threadwork, followed by needlework upon quin-tain or open canvas, and lastly by darning or runningupon net or… … Fig. 90.—Italian design taken from Cesare Vecellios Corona dellevirtuose donne. Pattern books.—Now, during the early developmentof these open ground embroideries, some difficulty wasexperienced in procuring patterns for them. Such ascould be drawn by pen upon parchment, or made into 184 II. LACES.…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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