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 231
lendid rabato of Venetian needlepoint lace (in theCluny Museum). of needlepoint lace. Not only do the scrolls of thedesign flow with dignity and grace, but the lace-workerherself would appear to have invented an almost super-abundance of wonderfully dainty devices, giving light-ness in effect to… … Fig. 97.—Venetian needlepoint lace (seventeenth century). finished crispness is imparted to tiny loops or picotselegantly inserted in the spaces between the scrolls andflowers. This method is still in use in the making of THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. 219 Points d Alencon which for sharp definition bear…
Lace and lace making · Embroidery
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