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Point and pillow lace; a short account of various kinds, ancient and modern, and how to recognise them (1905)

Sharp, Mary · London, J. Murray · leaf 70

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he crowning triumph of the work of theneedle. The freedom and beauty of the design areas remarkable as the exquisite delicacy and varietyof the details and the perfect skill of their execution.An Italian poet is said to have described such workas scolplto In relievo (sculptured in relief). Thewords… … o PL,0) O c C (U 43 ROSE POINT 45 spirit of the Renaissance had infused life and vigourinto every form of Art throughout Italy, and whenthe workers in gold and enamel, in wood and iron,and even in silk and linen thread, were artists as wellas the sculptor and the painter. Such periods…

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