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Seven centuries of lace (1908)

Pollen, Maria Margaret, d. 1919 · London : W. Heinemann; New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 136

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Plate LVIII. TWO EXAMPLES OF VENETIAN POINT A RESEAU No. I. Needle-point lace usually called Veactian point 4 riseau. The pattern entirely covers the lace and is of conventional floral tvpe :the filhngs are very varied. This lace is not Venetian in design, and was probably made at Sedan. 6 ft. 5… … Plate LIX A BORDER OF NEEDLE-POINT LACE, POSSIBLY VENETIAN,THOUGH THE STYLE IS FRENCH The pattern is of leafy scrolls and conventional flowers well marked, enriched with light fillings and outlined with cordonnet of fine buttonhole-stitching. The ground is of buttonholed brides arranged into…

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