. The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described . Fig. 731. SPANISH OR ROSE POINT. with gold and silver threads, upon which a pattern isembroidered in coloured silks. , Silk Blonde Laces are made in Catalonia, and par-ticularly in Barcelona. They are either white or black. Fio. 732. Spanish Point—Detail. blondes, and the patterns are o
. The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described . Fig. 731. SPANISH OR ROSE POINT. with gold and silver threads, upon which a pattern isembroidered in coloured silks. , Silk Blonde Laces are made in Catalonia, and par-ticularly in Barcelona. They are either white or black. Fio. 732. Spanish Point—Detail. blondes, and the patterns are of thick heavy work, uponlight Reseau Grounds. The mantillas worn by the Spanishladies are the chief articles of manufacture, the blackblonde mantilla being used for afternoon wear, and thewhite blonde for evening or State occasions. accounted for by the lace being made, in both countries,almost exclusively by the members of religious houses,who were transferred, at the will of their Superior, from onecountry to the other. The Spaniards and Italians bothbelieve themselves to be the original inventors of NeedlePoint. The Italians claim it as coming to them throughthe Greeks who took refuge in Italy from religious
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