Ornamental treasures : a collection of designs from India, China, Japan, Italy, Germany, France. etc., of all styles and times comprising 100 plates (1912)
Dolmetsch, H · New York : R. Davis · leaf 173
ught to artistic perfection previously to the close of the 15*^ century, may truly be called a creation of the Renaissance. And it is the soil of Italy, principally the two cities of Venice and Genoa, to which we owe the needle-made lace as well as the finest kind of pillow-lace. The former (the… … degree of perfection in this kind of lace is attained in work with leaves in high relief (Fig. 7 and 8). The way of making pillow-lace (dentelles) con- sists in dexterous twisting and plaiting of the threads after an ingenious system. As regards the fineness of this pillow lace there are…
Decoration and ornament
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