. History of lace. ames have beencollected, above one-third were published in Venice.^^ 1. Punto a reticella.^—Made either by drawing thethreads of th^ cloth, as in the samplar already given (Fig. 5),or by working the lace on a parchment pattern in button-hole stitch (punto smerlo). (Fig. 21.) This point is identicalwith what is commonly called Greek lace. Under this head comes punto reale (the opposite of reti-cella), where the linen ground is left and the design cut out.*Punto di cartella or cordella (card-work) is similar in effectto reticella, but the button-holing is done entirely over af
. History of lace. ames have beencollected, above one-third were published in Venice.^^ 1. Punto a reticella.^—Made either by drawing thethreads of th^ cloth, as in the samplar already given (Fig. 5),or by working the lace on a parchment pattern in button-hole stitch (punto smerlo). (Fig. 21.) This point is identicalwith what is commonly called Greek lace. Under this head comes punto reale (the opposite of reti-cella), where the linen ground is left and the design cut out.*Punto di cartella or cordella (card-work) is similar in effectto reticella, but the button-holing is done entirely over afoundation made l)y sewing coarse thread and bits of parchmenton to the desiirn and coverino; them with l)uttoii-hole stitch. ^^ That most frequently met withis the Corona of Vecellio. See Ap-pendix. ^* First mentioned in the Sforza In-ventory, 1493 (see Milan) ; not in the pattern-books till Vecellio, 1592;but Taglienti (1530) gives su la rete,and II specchio di Pensieri (1548), punto in rede.* Plate y. • I—I. fofact pcuje 50. VENICE 51 2. Punto tagliato.^—Cut-work, already Punto di Venezia. 4. Punto in aria.^®—Worked on a parchment pattern, theflowers connected by brides : in modern parlance, Guipure. 5. Punto tao;liato a fo^liami.^—The richest and mostcomplicated of all points, executed like the former, only withthis difference, that all the outlines are in relief, formed bymeans of cottons placed inside to raise them. Sometimesthey are in double and triple relief; an infinity of beautifulstitches are introduced into the flowers, which are surroundedby a pearl of geometric regularity, the pearls sometimes inscallops or campaneV as the French term it.^^ This is ourKose (raised) Venice point, the Gros Point de Venise, thePunto a relievo, so highly prized and so extensively used foralbs, collerettes, berthes, and costly decoration. We give anexample (Fig. 23) from a collar, preserved in the Musee deCluny, once the property of a Venetian nobleman, worn on
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