. History of lace . Italian, Genoese. Scalloped Border of Unbleached , Jwisted andPlaited.—Sixteenth or seventeenth century. Width, 5 in. Victoria and Albert ]\Iuseuni. Tu face iM(je 76. GENOA 77 weighed out and given to the lace-makers, and the workwhen completed is re-weighed to see that it corresponds withthat of the material given. The ntaeMrl contrive to realiselarge fortunes, and become in time signori; not so the poorlace-makers, whose hardest days gain seldom exceeds a francand a half ^^ Embroidered lace is also made at Genoa. Ona band of tulle are embroidered in darning-stitch
. History of lace . Italian, Genoese. Scalloped Border of Unbleached , Jwisted andPlaited.—Sixteenth or seventeenth century. Width, 5 in. Victoria and Albert ]\Iuseuni. Tu face iM(je 76. GENOA 77 weighed out and given to the lace-makers, and the workwhen completed is re-weighed to see that it corresponds withthat of the material given. The ntaeMrl contrive to realiselarge fortunes, and become in time signori; not so the poorlace-makers, whose hardest days gain seldom exceeds a francand a half ^^ Embroidered lace is also made at Genoa. Ona band of tulle are embroidered in darning-stitch flowers orsmall detached springs, and the ground is sometimes semewith little embroidered dots. A coarse thread outlines theembroidery. The laces of Albissola,^^ near Savona, of Idack and whitethread, or silk of ditierent colours, were once an article of. [Parchment Pattehn used to cover a Book, bearisg the DateIist:. (Keduced.); considerable exportation to the principal cities of Spain,Cadiz, Madrid and Seville. This industry was of early many of the parochial churches of Albissola are specimensof the native fabric dating from 1600, the work of devoutladies ; and parchment patterns drawn and pricked for pillow-lace, bearing the earlier date of 1577, have been foundcovering old law books, the property of a notary of designs (Fig. 37) are flowing, but poor, and haveprobably served for some shawl or apron, for it was a customlong handed down for the daughters of great nobles, previous ?* Gandolfi, Considerazioni Agrario. drive from Savona. on the road leading•?^ A small borgo, about an hours to Genoa. yZ HISTORY OF LACE to their marriage, to select veils and shawls of this fabric,and, in the memory of an aged workwoman (1864), the lastof these bridal veils was made for a lady of the Gentilifamily. Princes and
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