Seven centuries of lace . Plate LXXIX. u) MANILA LACE. (2 and 3) LACE WORKED IN NEEDLE-POINT No. I. A specimen of needlework called Manila lace, made upon a lijiht cambric-like stuff woven from fibre of great fineness. The fiowers are embroidered andthe whole ground of square meshes is worked by the needle, in the same way as the tele tirata work Manila, about 1840 Nos. 2 and 1. Lace worked in fine needle-point stitches with human hair of different shades—the pattern is evidently copied from the Venetian English, about 1000. Plate LXXX. (i) INFANTS BAPTISM CAP. (2) A CAP BORDER No. I. Infants
Seven centuries of lace . Plate LXXIX. u) MANILA LACE. (2 and 3) LACE WORKED IN NEEDLE-POINT No. I. A specimen of needlework called Manila lace, made upon a lijiht cambric-like stuff woven from fibre of great fineness. The fiowers are embroidered andthe whole ground of square meshes is worked by the needle, in the same way as the tele tirata work Manila, about 1840 Nos. 2 and 1. Lace worked in fine needle-point stitches with human hair of different shades—the pattern is evidently copied from the Venetian English, about 1000. Plate LXXX. (i) INFANTS BAPTISM CAP. (2) A CAP BORDER No. I. Infants Baptism cap with insertions of needle-point lace called Hollie cr Holy point; the design in the crown shows the doves and the pot with flowers reminiscent of the Annunciation English, j6th century No. 2. A cap border of Limerick run hcc Irish, 19M century
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