Identifier: sevencenturiesof00polluoft (find matches)
Title: Seven centuries of lace
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Pollen, Maria Margaret, d. 1919
Subjects: Lace and lace making -- History
Publisher: London : W. Heinemann New York : The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Plate XXVIII. THREE CLOTHS, FRINGED No. I has a geometric effect worked on tin- drawn foundation : this style is called sfilatura in Italy ; the knrtt<d fringe is of macrame. 4 ft. x 2 ft.No. 2 has a design of birds and scrolls in punto riccio, a border worked in punto avorio, and a rnrious hand-made friiif^e. 6 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft.No. 3 is ornamented with reticello and punto riccio and has a bobbin-made edging and frinj^e. 3 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. Itiih-iu, lyth century
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Plate. XXIX. TWO BORDERS OF NEEDLE POINT No. I. Border of reticello or needle-point cut-work ; the geometrical rosettes are repeated with very slight internal altiTation, (ji in.No, 2 is a curious piece consisting of two borders and an edging : the upper border is a mixture of punto a festone, punto tri rcia and punloa stuora work. The Vandyke edge is of bobbin-work (merletto a fuselli). 2 ft. 8 in, Italian, 15th century

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