Puntas and Passementerie
Sample pages
Page 4, at reduced quality. Open the document to read every page in full.
An article from The Connoisseur (1902) arguing that Spanish puntas were not point lace but a distinct Moorish-derived trimming: drawn-thread work and fleco morisco, a hand-knotted form akin to macramé. It traces them through Spanish sumptuary edicts from 1212 to 1723, medieval monuments, paintings and museum pieces, and links pasamanos (passementerie) and trenzas to Arabic origins. It also discusses the Moriscos' role in Seville's textile and silk industries, possible links to the pillow lace of Le Puy, and surviving Andalusian practice. Illustrated with ten figures of lace samples, paintings, a miniature of Charles I and a royal seal.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1902
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 7
(A free account is all you need)
From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
Have missing pages or a better copy of this document, or another document to share? Contributing documents »