Italian Laces, Old and New
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A 1902 magazine article on the history and development of Italian needle lace from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries, illustrated with photographs of pieces in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It traces the progression from darned-ground bands through reticella, bride (twisted bar) grounds, raised cordonnet and Venetian picot, and notes the 1870 revival of Italian lace-making. It also outlines how lace was worked on parchment patterns at Burano, from outline thread and ground fillings to cutting the finished lace free.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1902
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 6
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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