Gold and Silver Lace, Part I
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First part of an article on the history of gold and silver lace, published in The Connoisseur. It covers the fashion of 'parfilage' (unravelling gold lace for the metal), early metal-thread trimmings, sumptuary laws, and production centres in Venice, Genoa, Milan, Spain (including Point d'Espagne), Germany and Holland. Illustrations show a portrait with a gold lace ruff, a satin bearing cloth with a metal lace border, and 18th-century gold laces with réseau grounds and embroidery.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1906
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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