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Seven centuries of lace (1908)

Pollen, Maria Margaret, d. 1919 · London : W. Heinemann; New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 113

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Plate XXXV. A CLOTH WITH INSERTION AND BORDER OF PUNTO IN ARIA The border has a figure in each Vandyke, either a lady with two birds or a siren ; the insertion has strange winged and tailed animals supportingvases of flowers : all the figures, birds and animals have tiny black beads for eyes. 6 ft.… … Plate XXXVI. NEEDLE-POINT BORDER OF FLAT NEEDLE-POINT LACE, CALLED PUNTO IN ARIA The dfsiKii of open scrolling and continuous floral stems is arranged to form points alternately of carnations and hyacinths and includes stags, hounds, peacocks and other animals : the Visconti crest—a crowned…

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