English Lace: I. Needlepoint
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An illustrated article by M. Jourdain on English needlepoint lace of the seventeenth century, arguing that its designs and techniques were largely borrowed from Italian and Flemish work and that the flax was imported. It discusses cutwork, Elizabethan wardrobe accounts, the Vinciolo pattern book, and portraits showing lace and cutwork, and notes characteristic English features such as Tudor roses, compact designs and raised petals. It also covers biblical scenes in lace with beads and pearls, the 1635 proclamation protecting home lace, cutwork on samplers, and hollie point. Plates show pieces from the V&A, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Brussels and private collections.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1906
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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