. A history of hand-made lace : dealing with the origin of lace, the growth of the great lace centres, the mode of manufacture, the methods of distinguishing and the care of various kinds of lace . was brought by Baroness Fringed border of Knotted White Thread, Punto aGroppo, or Macrame work, of Genoa, 8^ inches wide ;nineteenth century. dAsti to the Albergo de Poverifrom Rome. Marie Picchetti,one of the workers, carefullyunpicked and examined the complicated knots, and managed to discover the artof producing the intricate effects. Since then many fresh patterns have beendesigned, and the resu
. A history of hand-made lace : dealing with the origin of lace, the growth of the great lace centres, the mode of manufacture, the methods of distinguishing and the care of various kinds of lace . was brought by Baroness Fringed border of Knotted White Thread, Punto aGroppo, or Macrame work, of Genoa, 8^ inches wide ;nineteenth century. dAsti to the Albergo de Poverifrom Rome. Marie Picchetti,one of the workers, carefullyunpicked and examined the complicated knots, and managed to discover the artof producing the intricate effects. Since then many fresh patterns have beendesigned, and the results are excellent. (Under Genoa Lace other particulars willbe found.) Madagascar Lace. A twisted thread lace made by the natives of the island from which it takes itsname. It possesses no artistic value. Madeira Laces. Bobbin laces, imitating Maltese, Torchon, and Mechlin, are made in Madeira,but there is no native lace belonging to this place; the manufactory has existedfor about sixty years. n 2 i8o HISTORY OF HAND-MADE Maltese Lace, a bobbin-made fabric, usually executed in black, white,or ecru silk ; nineteenth century. Madras Lace. Bobbin lace, imitating the designs and methods of Maltese black and whitesilk guipure, ismade in school formaking thefabric is ofrecent founda-tion. Maltese Lace. A bobbin -made lace, whichhas been madein Malta eversince the com-mencement ofthe sixteenthcentury. Thecharacter of thedesign, whichwas at that time like the Mechlin or Valenciennes without the fine ground, has since altered,and the lace now resembles Greek guipures. It is now made both in threadand in black and white silk, known as Barcelona silk, such as is used inSpain and France for the Chantilly blonde laces. Occasionally some raisedstitches are worked, but usually the patterns are simple and geometric incharacter, Maltese lace is also manufactured in Auvergne, Le Puy, Ireland,Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire. In Ceylon the natives work a kind ofMaltese, and in
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