. History of lace . Venice Point. Fynes Moryson ^^ is the earliest known traveller whoalludes to the products of Venice. Venetian ladies ingeneral, he says, wear a standing collar and rufls close upto the chin ; the unmarried tie their hair with gold andsilver lace. Evidently the collars styled bavari, forwhich Vecellio ** gives patterns all usanza Veneziana, were ^- Origi)ic dcUc Fcstc Veneziane, merland, Switzerland, NctJicrland, da Giustina E. Michiel. Milano,1829. *^ An Itiiirrary, containing liis Travel tlirougli Germany, Boli- Denmark, Poland, Italy, TnrJccy,France, England, S
. History of lace . Venice Point. Fynes Moryson ^^ is the earliest known traveller whoalludes to the products of Venice. Venetian ladies ingeneral, he says, wear a standing collar and rufls close upto the chin ; the unmarried tie their hair with gold andsilver lace. Evidently the collars styled bavari, forwhich Vecellio ** gives patterns all usanza Veneziana, were ^- Origi)ic dcUc Fcstc Veneziane, merland, Switzerland, NctJicrland, da Giustina E. Michiel. Milano,1829. *^ An Itiiirrary, containing liis Travel tlirougli Germany, Boli- Denmark, Poland, Italy, TnrJccy,France, England, Scotland, and Ire-land. Lond., 1617. 1591. 56 HISTORY OF LACE not yet in general vogue/ The Medici collars were sup-ported by fine metal bars called verghetti, which were somuch in demand that the inhabitants of a whole cjuarter of Fi. Gros Point de Venise.—(First half of 17th century.) Venice were engaged in their production, and the name whichit still bears was given to it in consequence. *® See, in Appendix, designs for bavari by Lucrezia. Fig. 29.
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