. Directions for making Poncetto lace . All rights reserved in all designs of Poncetto Lace Published and Copyrighted, 1917, by Signorina Theresa Rizzi, Valsesia, Italy T HIT) INTRODUCTORY The spirit of the past calls to us when we see and handle Italian lace,especially the exquisite patterns of Poncetto lace. With strength as the very foundation-stone upon which the Romanempire was built, was coupled not only a love but an absolute worship ofthe beauty in nature and art, hence Italian laces, modern and antique areespecially symbolic of the ideals of the old Romans. From the earliest days of t
. Directions for making Poncetto lace . All rights reserved in all designs of Poncetto Lace Published and Copyrighted, 1917, by Signorina Theresa Rizzi, Valsesia, Italy T HIT) INTRODUCTORY The spirit of the past calls to us when we see and handle Italian lace,especially the exquisite patterns of Poncetto lace. With strength as the very foundation-stone upon which the Romanempire was built, was coupled not only a love but an absolute worship ofthe beauty in nature and art, hence Italian laces, modern and antique areespecially symbolic of the ideals of the old Romans. From the earliest days of the empire, lace-making was encouraged froman artistic as well as an industrial standpoint; but nowhere did it meet withsuch favor as in Venice, whose ideal location and unprecedented achievementsin science and art made her in deed as in name the mistress of the Adriatic. Poncetto lace was first made during the seventh century in Valsesia, Italy. In the following pages I have summed up the knowledge and experiencewhich study and actual
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