Point de Venise

Portrait of a young man of the Chigi family wearing a gros point de Venise collar, 17th century[1]

Point de Venise (also Gros Point de Venise) is a Venetian needle lace from the 17th century characterized by scrolling floral patterns with additional floral motifs worked in relief (in contrast with the geometric designs of the earlier reticella).[2]

Notes

  1. Montupet and Schoeller, Lace: The Elegant Web, p. 34
  2. Lefébure, Embroidery and Lace, p. 214

References

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