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Seven centuries of lace (1908)

Pollen, Maria Margaret, d. 1919 · London : W. Heinemann; New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 148

An illustration from Seven centuries of lace, 1908, leaf 148
n, that of the eye, wing and tail of each bird is overworked with buftonhole-stitch Probably Portuguese, iSth centuryNo. 2 is from a floral design treated with occasional buttonhole cordonnet as in No. i. No. 3. Border of needle-point, called point de gaze on account of the extreme delicacy of the… … Plate LXXI. LAPPET OF NEEDLE-POINT LACE Called point de gaze on account of the delicacy of the r6scau. The design of scrolls and flowers is chiefly worked in a rather loosetoile, outlined with a stout thread cordonact and enriched with various open modes or fillings. 3 ft. 3 in. X4J in. Brussels,…

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