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 74
tern were then filled in withbutton-hole stitches, as shown in Fig. i, Illustra-tion I., either close or open, and finally the brides*were added to hold the parts of the pattern together,and when the work was completed a sharp knife waspassed between the parchment and cloth to cut thestitches which… … o .2 c > 47 VENETIAN POINT 49 to the delicate fretwork of fine coral growths, andalso because of the story that is told of its origin, CORALINE POINT. It is said that a young girl, a lace - worker in Venice, received as a parting gift from her sailor lover when he left her to wait for his…
Lace and lace making
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