The Making of Venice Laces
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A 1902 magazine article by Ada Sterling on how Venetian needle-point lace is made, with illustrations by Louise Willis Snead. It opens with legends of the origin of Venice lace and the role of the button-hole stitch, then gives step-by-step instruction: materials (fine flax thread, needles, parchment patterns), the tracing thread and padding, filling-in stitches, diamond spacing, bullion stitch, joining motifs with brides and bars, and making picots. Six figures show the tracing thread, padding, an enlarged motif, stitch examples, a museum specimen of old Italian lace, and a button-holed edge.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1902
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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