. History of lace. Italian. Bobbin Tape with Needle-made , 8 in. Photo bv A. Drvden. Plate Italian, Scalloped Border of Unbleached Threads, Twisted and—Sixteenth or seventeenth century. Width, 5 in. Victoria and Albert Museum.; , To face xKige 76. GENOA 77 weioiied out and mven to the lace-makers, and the workwhen completed is re-weighed to see that it corresponds withthat of the material given. The maestri contrive to realiselarge fortunes, and become in time signori; not so the poorlace-makers, whose hardest days gain seldom exceeds a francand a half ^^ Emb
. History of lace. Italian. Bobbin Tape with Needle-made , 8 in. Photo bv A. Drvden. Plate Italian, Scalloped Border of Unbleached Threads, Twisted and—Sixteenth or seventeenth century. Width, 5 in. Victoria and Albert Museum.; , To face xKige 76. GENOA 77 weioiied out and mven to the lace-makers, and the workwhen completed is re-weighed to see that it corresponds withthat of the material given. The maestri contrive to realiselarge fortunes, and become in time signori; not so the poorlace-makers, whose hardest days gain seldom exceeds a francand a half ^^ Embroidered lace is also made at Genoa. Ona band of tulle are embroidered in darnino-stitch Howers orsmall detached springs, and the ground is sometimes semewith little embroidered dots. A coarse thread outlines theembroidery. The laces of Albissola,^^ near Savona, of black and whitethread, or silk of different colours, were once an article of Fio-. 37.
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