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LACE
Plate I.
Fig. 1.—PORTION OF A COVERLET COMPOSED OF SQUARES OF “LACIS” OR DARNED NETTING, DIVIDED BY LINEN CUT-WORK BANDS.
The squares are worked with groups representing the twelve months, and with scenes from the old Spanish dramatic story “Celestina.” Spanish or Portuguese.
16th century. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Fig. 2.—CORNER OF A BED-COVER OF PILLOW-MADE LACE OF A TAPE-LIKE TEXTURE WITH CHARACTERISTICS IN THE TWISTED AND
PLAITED THREADS RELATING THE WORK TO ITALIAN “MERLETTI A PIOMBINI” OR EARLY ENGLISH “BONE LACE.”
PLAITED THREADS RELATING THE WORK TO ITALIAN “MERLETTI A PIOMBINI” OR EARLY ENGLISH “BONE LACE.”
Possibly made in Flanders or Italy during the early part of the 17th or at the end of the 16th century. The design includes the Imperial double-headed eagle
of Austria with the ancient crown of the German Empire. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
