Plate LXXXVII. BOBBIN-MADE LACE
No. 1. Fringed edging of bobbin-made lace. In both pieces the characteristic little seed shapes are freely used
No. 2. Scalloped border of bobbin-made lace called collar lace, in which the ornament is formed chiefly by a continuous narrow toilé or braid. The same threads are used in the whole width of the lace
Together 3 ft. 2 in.
Genoese, late 16th or early 17th century
Plate LXXXVIII. FIVE BOBBIN-MADE LACES
No. 1 a curious early pattern of lace made in Umbria
Nos. 2 and 3 are Sicilian peasant laces
No. 4 a lace called in Umbria piedi di gallina
No. 5 a peasant lace called zeccatello
Together 10 ft. 4 in.
Italian, 16th century