Ricci, Elisa · London, W. Heinemann; Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott company · leaf 166
ie Even towards the middle of the XVI century, when designs for punto in aria were published with considerable frequency, reticello did not lose its place in the public estimation, but was improved almost out ot of recognition; to insertions of greater or lesser width were added edgings and points… … No, 119 — From the Corona delle Nobili et virtuose Donne of Cesare Vecellio. Venice, 1591. Whilst bobbin-lace — which is the younger sister of needle-lace — imitates reticello and rivals it in finish and quality, the latter makes occasional efforts to escape from the trammels of stiff geometrical…
Lace and lace making -- Italy
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