Plate XLIX. A PORTION OF XLVIII., MAGNIFIED TO SHOW THE STITCHES

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Plate L. THREE BORDERS OF DELICATE NEEDLE-POINT RAISED OR ROSE-POINT LACE

Sometimes called point de neige on account of the massings or galleries of picots on the raised rosettes. It is also called rosaline in Italy. Some authorities claim this style as French, and it is one that may be fairly termed Franco-Venetian, about 1670-80

Together 4 ft. 8 in. × 2 in.

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