Seven centuries of lace . Plate XXXVII. ORNAMENT FOR THE NECK OF AN ALB OF PUNTO IN ARIA The Madonna, in a robe sprinkled with stars and crowned, is ?seated on clouds, her foot resting on the head of a chenib. The three persons ol the Trinity are above. Cherubs and conventional flowers arc introduced into the background: the robes have openworktd borders of pnnlo a\ arc worked apart from the figures in a lacis stitch called mezza mandolina. Small glass Leads are added to the eyes. i8 in. x 6J in. i6th century. Plate XXXVIII. BORDER AND EDGING No. I. Border of needle-point lace, called
Seven centuries of lace . Plate XXXVII. ORNAMENT FOR THE NECK OF AN ALB OF PUNTO IN ARIA The Madonna, in a robe sprinkled with stars and crowned, is ?seated on clouds, her foot resting on the head of a chenib. The three persons ol the Trinity are above. Cherubs and conventional flowers arc introduced into the background: the robes have openworktd borders of pnnlo a\ arc worked apart from the figures in a lacis stitch called mezza mandolina. Small glass Leads are added to the eyes. i8 in. x 6J in. i6th century. Plate XXXVIII. BORDER AND EDGING No. I. Border of needle-point lace, called punto in relievo or rose-point. Birds and serpents occur in the design and each portion of the pattern isoutlined by a thick cordonnet worked in buttonhole stitch, punto k festone. This thick cordonnetis also used to denote the scales of theserpent and to accentuate the features of the birds, the narrow braid at the top of the lace is bobbin-made, the edging is of very fine needle-point II in. X 3! in. /talian, i6th century No, 2. Edging of flat needle-point lace k brides. The pattern is a somewhat confused rendering of a continuous scrolling stem type ; the bridesirregularly introduced ,have pronounced picots ; and this feature has given rise to the title of coraline lace, on account of its suggestionof coral forms. Venetian, about 1660 . V ^x^^jB^p^^V \ y:i^ t%.. J^HL ?-:h:^^K^^^^^^^^^r;\ ^^^^v
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