Plate VII. AN EXAMPLE OF EARLY LACIS OR SFILATURA
Chosen as showing similarity to the work of the alb of Pope Boniface. The square mesh netting has centres worked in matting stitch, punto a stuora; threads radiate from these centres and darning stitch and punto di treccia are both used to form various patterns, some cruciform
7 ft. 9 in. × 10 in.
Sicilian, 15th century
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Plate VIII. SEVEN ENLARGED STITCHES USED IN LACIS AND LINEN LACE
No. 1. Early lacis work, showing the punto a stuora and punto di treccia
No. 2. Lacis with square knotted mesh and pattern darned with punto a tela. In this specimen gold thread has been run round the pattern
No. 3. Lacis with a twisted mesh, darned with punto a rammendo; this style is called Buratto in Italy
No. 4. Tela tirata. The threads are only partly drawn, and the pattern left in the linen, some threads being cut
No. 5. Tela tirata. In this style some threads of both warp and woof in the whole piece of linen are drawn: the missing threads of the pattern are then darned in again; the background is then sewn over as in the other style. No threads at all are cut, which makes it more even and durable
No. 6. Punto avorio. The needle-made knots make a very even surface resembling ivory
No. 7. English needle-point, called Hollie or Holy Work, a stitch which resembles the Alençon réseau in the working, as after completing a row the thread is passed back so as always to begin at the same point