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Plate XLVI. PART OF A BEAUTIFUL FLOUNCE OF DELICATE NEEDLE-POINT OF RAISED OR ROSE-POINT LACE, KNOWN AS POINT DE VENISE

The pattern consists of well-balanced elegantly scrolling devices, terminating in conventional leaves and flowers with occasional raised work on them, and is set in a ground of brides picotées arranged in hexagons. The style of many features in the design is French (Louis XIV.) and the specimen seems to be of Franco-Venetian origin

17½ in. × 19½ in.

Venice, 17th century

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Plate XLVII. PORTION OF XLVI. ACTUAL SIZE