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Plate XLII. PART OF A DRESS TRIMMING OF VERY FINE NEEDLE-POINT, CALLED ROSE-POINT (PUNTO TAGLIATO A FOLIAMI)

The pattern wrought chiefly in close toilé consists of scrolls and conventional flowers joined by very few brides. Intermixed with the toilé are variations of simple modes.

31 in. × 10 in.

Venetian, about 1640

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Plate XLIII. PARTS OF A COLLAR OF NEEDLE-POINT, CALLED ROSE-POINT, OR POINT DE VENISE (PUNTO TAGLIATO A FOLIAMI)