. History of lace . Point de Venise a Briues Picotees.—Early 18th ceutuiy. To face page 34. VENICE 55 mends his friend, Mr. Claude Somebody, a French dealer,who probably paid him in ruffles for the advertisement. Our porte-bouquets and lace-trimmed nosegays arenothing new. On the occasion of the annual visit of theDo^e to the Convent delle Vergini, the lady abbess withthe novices received him in the parlour, and presentedhim with a nosegay of flowers placed in a handle of gold,and trimmed round with the finest lace that Venice couldproduce.^ Fis. Venice Point. Fynes Moryson ^^ is the earl
. History of lace . Point de Venise a Briues Picotees.—Early 18th ceutuiy. To face page 34. VENICE 55 mends his friend, Mr. Claude Somebody, a French dealer,who probably paid him in ruffles for the advertisement. Our porte-bouquets and lace-trimmed nosegays arenothing new. On the occasion of the annual visit of theDo^e to the Convent delle Vergini, the lady abbess withthe novices received him in the parlour, and presentedhim with a nosegay of flowers placed in a handle of gold,and trimmed round with the finest lace that Venice couldproduce.^ Fis. Venice Point. Fynes Moryson ^^ is the earliest known traveller whoalludes to the products of Venice. Venetian ladies ingeneral, he says, wear a standing collar and rufls close upto the chin ; the unmarried tie their hair with gold andsilver lace. Evidently the collars styled bavari, forwhich Vecellio ** gives patterns all usanza Veneziana, were ^- Origi)ic dcUc Fcstc Veneziane, merland, Switzerland, NctJicrland, da Giustina E. Michiel. Milano,1829. *^ An Itiiirrary, containing liis Travel tlirougli Germany, Boli- Denmark, Poland, Italy, TnrJccy,France, England, Scotland, and Ire-land. Lond., 1617. 1591. 56 HISTORY OF LACE not yet in general vogue/ The Medici collars were sup-ported by fine metal bars called verghetti, which were somuch in demand that the inhabitants of a whole cjuarter of Fi. 28.
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