GENOESE LACE.
Sixteenth or Seventeenth Century.
(S.K.M Collection.)
Some of the sixteenth-century pieces which we possess show simply an elaboration of the knotted fringe, while much of the later work is exceptionally fine. The work is so well known, owing to its revival during the last thirty years in a coarse form, that it needs little description. Its use, even at its best period, was confined to household use, for which purpose it seems particularly adapted.
MILANESE LACE.
(Author's Collection.)
V
THE LACES
OF FRANCE
