Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 360
ious modes and mesh or net grounds. The Brussels meshis peculiar in having two of its hexagonal sides longerthan the other four, the former two being plaited with fourthreads, while the latter four are composed of a two-thread twist, and the cordonnet is well raised around thepattern and is… … Fig. 283 was known by the name of point dAngleterre, fromthe fact that great quantities of it were imported, and alsosmuggled into England during its prohibited importationin the lace-weaving period of Charles II. Ancient Spanish point-lace was like the Venetian raisedwork, but much of the…
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