. History of lace . — o ^ CM T-H o a -Ij rj _«3 bp . o O -« . .,-1 ^ -4-3 MO .5> I,- 1 1 I> c6 S5 (^ ? r^ <! JH M p fi s-< ^^ Q s ^ n:i O J^i )— :^ < < o Tl faff pcuje 84. GREECE 85 from Le Pompe, publislied at Venice in 1557, is vervremarkable. We have seen specimens from Italy andTurkey. The conventionally termed Greek lace is really the Italianreficella. The designs of the earliest Greek laces were allgeometrical, the oldest being simple outlines worked overends or threads left after others had been drawn or in date come the patterns which had the outlinesfurther
. History of lace . — o ^ CM T-H o a -Ij rj _«3 bp . o O -« . .,-1 ^ -4-3 MO .5> I,- 1 1 I> c6 S5 (^ ? r^ <! JH M p fi s-< ^^ Q s ^ n:i O J^i )— :^ < < o Tl faff pcuje 84. GREECE 85 from Le Pompe, publislied at Venice in 1557, is vervremarkable. We have seen specimens from Italy andTurkey. The conventionally termed Greek lace is really the Italianreficella. The designs of the earliest Greek laces were allgeometrical, the oldest being simple outlines worked overends or threads left after others had been drawn or in date come the patterns which had the outlinesfurther ornamented with half circles, triangles, or , open-work with thick stitches was produced. , nil Greek Lace.—(Zante.) The principal seats of the manufacture were the IonianIsles, Zante, Corfu, Venice, Naples, Rome, Florence andMilan. The Ionian Islands for many years belonged toVenice, which accounts for the similarity in the 40 is from a specimen purchased in the Island of lace was much in vogue in Naples for curtains, bed-hangings, and coverlets, and even formed a substitute for Hee Appendix. S6 HIS TORY OF LACE A room hung with bands of Greek lace, alternatedwith crimson or amber silk, has a most effective appearance. The church lace of the Ionian Isles was not appreciatedby the natives, who were only too glad to dispose of itto the Enolish offi(;ers in garrison at Corfu. Much isstill found in (ycphalonia : the natives bring it on boardthe steamers for sale, black with age, and unpleasant tothe senses. This is not to be W(Hulered at when we con-sider that it is taken from the tombs, where for centuriesit lias adorned the
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