Old world lace; or, A guide for the lace lover (1920)
Blum, Clara M · New York, E. P. Dutton & co · leaf 57
fforts were turnedtoward copying these laces, and so well did they do itthat to this day there is difficulty in distinguishing them. The heavy Guipure or Venetian Gros Point was madefirst and renamed in France Point Colbert, in honorof its patron. In fact, as soon as the industry acquireda footing,… … Illustration No. 46Point de France or Point de Venise. Seventeenth century lappet say, the quantities of needle point lace turned outin the style and quality of the V^enetian points hasnecessitated marking many pieces of lace seen in mu-seums and collections: Point de Venise or Point deFrance. This…
Lace and lace making
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