Point and pillow lace; a short account of various kinds, ancient and modern, and how to recognise them (1905)
Sharp, Mary, 1903- · London: J. Murray · leaf 79
abundant; but when the manufacturesof Alen^on and the neighbourhood were started,encouraged by the King, and protected by pro-hibitive duties against the importation of ItalianLace, the profits of the Venetian lace-makers fell offconsiderably. It was then that, in the hope ofretaining their foreign… … GROUNDED VENETIAN POINT 55 reseau ground. The style of the reseau ismuch the same as the French, though the meshis rounder and does not fall into lines across theLace as with Alengon and Burano. It is composed,however, of double twisted threads throughout, asFig. 3, Illustration I. This Lace…
Lace and lace making
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