Old world lace; or, A guide for the lace lover (1920)
Blum, Clara M · New York, E. P. Dutton & co · leaf 33
hisgeometrical motif recurs constantly in the patterns andis easily recognizable. So skilful were the Genoeseworkers in imitating with their bobbins the earlyVenetian patterns found in the fifteenth and sixteenthcentury pattern books, that it is often only by closeobservation that they can be… … and scallops as they were used to such a great extentfor edging- the ruffs and collars of the period. ^urano We are putting Burano last in the list of Italian laces,not because it was the last to take up the industry, butrather because it is the one center which, right up tothe present day has…
Lace and lace making
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