. History of lace . Point de Venise.—End of 17th Point Plat ve Venise.—Middle of 17th century. To J act page 56. VENICE 57 Fifty years later, Evelyn speaks of the veils of glitteringtaffetas, worn by the Venetian ladies, to the corners of whichhang broad but curious tassels of point laces. According to Zedler, an author who wrote about lace in1742, the price of Venice point in high relief varied fromone to nine ducats per Italian ell. The Venetians, unlike the Spaniards, thought much oftheir fine linen and the decorations pertaining to it. Lacamicia preme assai piii del giubb
. History of lace . Point de Venise.—End of 17th Point Plat ve Venise.—Middle of 17th century. To J act page 56. VENICE 57 Fifty years later, Evelyn speaks of the veils of glitteringtaffetas, worn by the Venetian ladies, to the corners of whichhang broad but curious tassels of point laces. According to Zedler, an author who wrote about lace in1742, the price of Venice point in high relief varied fromone to nine ducats per Italian ell. The Venetians, unlike the Spaniards, thought much oftheir fine linen and the decorations pertaining to it. Lacamicia preme assai piii del giubbone, ran the proverb— La chemise avant le pourpoint. Young nobles were notallowed to wear lace on their garments until they put on therobe, which they usually did at the age of five-and-twenty,on being admitted to the council.*^ Towards 1770, the Venice ladies themselves commencedto forsake the fabrics of their native islands ; for on themarriage of the Doges son, in that year, we read that,although the altar was decorated with the richest Venicepoint, the b
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