Restoration. In Architecture, a drawing of an ancient building in its original design.
Retable (Fr.), Chr. (See Reredos.)
Rete and Retis, R. A net.
Retiarius. A gladiator whose only arms were a trident and net; with the latter he tried to embarrass the adversary by casting it over his head, and, having done so, to wound him with the trident; failing in their throw, their only resource was to run round the arena preparing the net for a second attempt. They fought generally with the Mirmillones, and had no helmet nor other protective armour excepting for the left arm. (See Gladiators.)
Fig. 581. Venetian Reticella Lace.
Reticella (Lat. reticulus, a little net). This was the first known needle-made lace, produced in all lace-making countries under different names. (See Greek Lace.) It was made in several ways: the first consisted in arranging a network of threads on a small frame, crossing and interlacing them in various complicated patterns. Beneath this network was gummed a piece of fine cloth, open like canvas, called quintain (from the town in Brittany where it was made). Then with a needle the network was sewn to the quintain by edging round those parts of the pattern which were to remain thick, then cutting away the superfluous cloth: hence the name of cutwork in England. A more simple mode was to make the pattern detached without any linen; the threads radiating at equal distances from one common centre served as a framework to others, which were united to them in geometric forms worked over with button-hole stitch (or point noué). The engraving shows a fine specimen of reticella from Venice, 1493. (See also Milan Reticella.)
Reticulated. Latticed like the meshes of a net (rete).
Reticulated Glass. (See Glass.)
