Seven centuries of lace . Plate LIV. TWO SPECIMENS OF NEEDLE-POINT RAISED LACE, CALLED SPANISH ROSE-POINT (slightly reduced in size) The fond is partly of bobbin-mide taps : on this is raised work of gimp and various cordonnets buttouholc-stitchcd and ed^fd with latter, from their sort of caterpillar effect, originate the fanciful name sometimes given of caterpillar point Spanish, i7lh century. Plate LV. TWO EXAMPLES OF NEEDLE-POINT LACE No. I is of silk needle-poiat lace with cordonnet, buttonholed in different sizes. This is a small portion, actual size, of the lace useU toembell

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Seven centuries of lace . Plate LIV. TWO SPECIMENS OF NEEDLE-POINT RAISED LACE, CALLED SPANISH ROSE-POINT (slightly reduced in size) The fond is partly of bobbin-mide taps : on this is raised work of gimp and various cordonnets buttouholc-stitchcd and ed^fd with latter, from their sort of caterpillar effect, originate the fanciful name sometimes given of caterpillar point Spanish, i7lh century. Plate LV. TWO EXAMPLES OF NEEDLE-POINT LACE No. I is of silk needle-poiat lace with cordonnet, buttonholed in different sizes. This is a small portion, actual size, of the lace useU toembellish the Jewish talith or silk mantle or scarf worn at prayers. Vaictian, 17th cctUitry No. 2. Border of needle-point lace sometimBs called mezzo-punto, as fine bobbin-made tape or braid is used to outline the pattern, two orthree varieties of needle fillings are wrought within the tape forms. 19 in. lyth century

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