Early Design in Lace
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A 1911 Burlington Magazine article arguing that early sixteenth-century Venetian punto in aria needle lace is among the finest periods of lace design, and that its designs derive from Persian sources such as fourteenth-century tiles. It traces lace from knotted thread, lacis and reticello (linen-based) to needle-made punto in aria. It also laments how pointed lace was mangled in repair, with plates showing injured and restored pieces, and appeals to owners to preserve fragments rather than restore them.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1911
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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