Plate XXXVII. ORNAMENT FOR THE NECK OF AN ALB OF PUNTO IN ARIA
The Madonna, in a robe sprinkled with stars and crowned, is seated on clouds, her foot resting on the head of a cherub. The three persons of the Trinity are above. Cherubs and conventional flowers are introduced into the background: the robes are worked apart from the figures in a lacis stitch called mezza mandolina. Small glass beads are added to the eyes.
18 in. × 6½ in.
16th century
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Plate XXXVIII. BORDER AND EDGING
No. 1. Border of needle-point lace, called punto in relievo or rose-point. Birds and serpents occur in the design and each portion of the pattern is outlined by a thick cordonnet worked in buttonhole stitch, punto à festone. This thick cordonnet is also used to denote the scales of the serpent and to accentuate the features of the birds, the narrow braid at the top of the lace is bobbin-made, the edging is of very fine needle-point called punto avorio.
11 in. × 3½ in.
Italian, 16th century
No. 2. Edging of flat needle-point lace à brides. The pattern is a somewhat confused rendering of a continuous scrolling stem type; the brides irregularly introduced have pronounced picots; and this feature has given rise to the title of coraline lace, on account of its suggestion of coral forms.
Venetian, about 1660