. History of lace. Italian. Point de Yenise a Rkseau.—The upper ones are of yellow silk ; a chalice veil, with dove and olive branch, and possibly an altar border. Probably late seventeenth century. The lower is thread, early eighteenth century. Width, 2 in. In private collections. Photos by A. Drydeii. To face page 48, VENICE 49 Of point couppe there is mentioD, and enough, inhandkerchiefs for Madame Gabrielle, shirts for the king, andfraizes for La Eeine Margot; hut whether they be of Veniceor worked in France, we are unenlightened. The w^orks ofVinciolo and others had already been widely ci

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. History of lace. Italian. Point de Yenise a Rkseau.—The upper ones are of yellow silk ; a chalice veil, with dove and olive branch, and possibly an altar border. Probably late seventeenth century. The lower is thread, early eighteenth century. Width, 2 in. In private collections. Photos by A. Drydeii. To face page 48, VENICE 49 Of point couppe there is mentioD, and enough, inhandkerchiefs for Madame Gabrielle, shirts for the king, andfraizes for La Eeine Margot; hut whether they be of Veniceor worked in France, we are unenlightened. The w^orks ofVinciolo and others had already been widely circulated, andlaces and point couppe now formed the favourite occupation. of the ladies. Perhaps one of the earliest records of point deVenise will be found in a ridiculous historiette of Tallemantdes Keaux, who, gossiping of a certain Madame de Puissieux,^^writes : On massuroit quelle mangeoit du point les points de Gl-enes, de Eaguse, ni dAurillac ni deVenise netoient point connus et on dit quau serm

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