One is part of a circular panel or roundel, and the other two are parts of girdles. The gammadion or symbol of the cross can be traced in all three: and the polygonal character of the design is similar to that of the Assisi alb] [Illustration: PLATE V. (1) A PIECE OF BOBBIN-MADE LACE. (2) DARNED WORK WITH WHITE LINEN THREAD. (3) PORTION OF A MUMMY CLOTH No. 1 is a piece of bobbin-made lace, found in the Coptic tombs in 1903, and now in the Cluny Museum in Paris. Bobbins were found at the same time. I do not think this fabric was made on a lace pillow, but that a sort of frame with pegs was used to keep the bobbins separate No. 2 is darned work with linen white thread, very similar to the Italian towel No. 1 in Plate XXVIII.; the background is afterwards darned in with coloured wool. This is also from a Coptic tomb of the third century No. 3 is a portion of a mummy cloth of the Eighteenth Dynasty, 1700 B.C. The linen is very strong and of a wiry nature] [Illustration: PLATE VI. TWO EXAMPLES OF ITALIAN TELA TIRATA AND PUNTO REALE Chosen as showing similarity to the work of the Assisi alb. Together 13 ft. 7 in. long _Italian. 16th century_] [Illustration: PLATE VII. AN EXAMPLE OF EARLY LACIS OR SFILATURA Chosen as showing similarity to the work of the alb of Pope Boniface. The square mesh netting has centres worked in matting stitch, punto a stuora; threads radiate from these centres and darning stitch and punto di treccia are both used to form various patterns, some cruciform 7 ft. 9 in. × 10 in. _Sicilian, 15th century_] [Illustration: PLATE VIII. SEVEN ENLARGED STITCHES USED IN LACIS AND LINEN LACE No. 1. Early lacis work, showing the punto a stuora and punto di treccia No. 2. Lacis with square knotted mesh and pattern darned with punto a tela. In this specimen gold thread has been run round the pattern No. 3. Lacis with a twisted mesh, darned with punto a rammendo; this style is called Buratto in Italy No. 4. Tela tirata. The threads are only partly drawn, and the pattern left in the linen, some threads being cut No. 5. Tela tirata. In this style some threads of both warp and woof in the whole piece of linen are drawn: the missing threads of the pattern are then darned in again; the background is then sewn over as in the other style. No threads at all are cut, which makes it more even and durable No. 6. Punto avorio. The needle-made knots make a very even surface resembling ivory No. 7. English needle-point, called Hollie or Holy Work, a stitch which resembles the Alençon réseau in the working, as after completing a row the thread is passed back so as always to begin at the same point] [Illustration: PLATE IX. FIVE ENLARGED VARIETIES OF RÉSEAUX No. 1. Small and large réseaux of Point d'Alençon