It's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt."
A true Relation of the Travailes, and most miserable Captivitie of W. Davies. Lond., 1614.
An Italian Voyage, or a Complete Journey through Italy, by Rich. Lassels, Gent. 2nd edit., Lond., 1698. A reprint, with additions by another hand, of the original edition. Paris, 1670. Lowndes' Bibliographer's Manual. Bohn's new edit.
"Portano alcune vesti di tela di lino sottile, lunghe fino in terra, con maniche larghe assai, attorno alle quali sono attaccati alcuni merletti lavorati di refe sottilissimo."—Habiti di donna dell' Isola d' Ischia. Degli Habiti Antichi e Moderni di Diverse Parti del Mondo di Cesare Vecellio. Venezia, 1590.
We have among the points given by Taglienti (1530), "pugliese." Lace is still made in Puglia and the other southern provinces of Naples and in Sicily.
The Contessa di Brazza says that Punto Pugliese resembled Russian and Roumanian embroidery.