The Evolution of Lace
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A two-page historical essay on the rise and decline of handmade lace, written for the Needle Arts journal. It discusses definitions of lace, the difference between needle lace and bobbin lace, why the baroque and rococo laces of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries cannot be reproduced, and the competition from machine-made lace. It also covers punto in aria, the Venice and France rivalry, Point de Gaze, the early twentieth-century Ars-Aemilia revival, and the current state of lacemaking. Illustrated with photographs of Alencon of Burano, Point de Gaze, and Rose Point de Venise.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- December 1989
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Archive notes
- By permission. Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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