Venetian, late 17th century
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Plate LVIII. TWO EXAMPLES OF VENETIAN POINT À RÉSEAU
No. 1. Needle-point lace usually called Venetian point à réseau. The pattern entirely covers the lace and is of conventional floral type: the fillings are very varied. This lace is not Venetian in design, and was probably made at Sedan.
6 ft. 5 in.
Sedan, early 18th century
No. 2 is a beautiful fragment, actual size, of Venetian point à réseau.
Venice, late 17th century
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Plate LIX. A BORDER OF NEEDLE-POINT LACE, POSSIBLY VENETIAN, THOUGH THE STYLE IS FRENCH