Venetian point lace
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Description
A delicate, handmade needlepoint lace containing floral motifs. Venetian point laces were highly prized with flowing, graceful patterns. They were made from the 16th to 19th centuries. The rose patterns were later imitated in the late 19th c in Belgium (rose point lace).
Synonyms and Related Terms
Venetian rose point lace; point de Venise
Comparisons
[[media:|Common Types of Lace]]
Authority
- Edward Reich, Carlton J. Siegler, Consumer Goods: How to Know and Use Them, American Book Company, New York City, 1937
- Website address 1 Comment: Catholic Encyclopedia at http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08729b.htm (accessed March 10, 2007)
- Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com
- Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: 'Venetian Needle Lace' from Encyclopedia Britannica Online at http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9075015/Venetian-needle-lace (accessed Mar. 10, 2007) (from 16th to 19th centuries)