5 ft. 9 in. × 3½ in. _Venetian, 17th century_] [Illustration: PLATE XLIV. STOMACHER (FOR A DRESS) OF NEEDLE-POINT, CALLED ROSE-POINT, OR POINT DE VENISE (PUNTO TAGLIATO A FOLIAMI) Pattern of conventional flowers joined by brides picotées: the clothing or toilé of these flowers is of very close work 10 in. long. _Venetian, 17th century_] [Illustration: PLATE XLV. PART OF A FLOUNCE OF NEEDLE-POINT, CALLED ROSE-POINT, OR POINT DE VENISE (PUNTO TAGLIATO A FOLIAMI) A splendid scroll occurs in the pattern here shown which is rich with conventional flowers and double brides picotées 17 in. × 9½ in. _Venetian, 17th century_] [Illustration: PLATE XLVI. PART OF A BEAUTIFUL FLOUNCE OF DELICATE NEEDLE-POINT OF RAISED OR ROSE-POINT LACE, KNOWN AS POINT DE VENISE The pattern consists of well-balanced elegantly scrolling devices, terminating in conventional leaves and flowers with occasional raised work on them, and is set in a ground of brides picotées arranged in hexagons. The style of many features in the design is French (Louis XIV.) and the specimen seems to be of Franco-Venetian origin 17½ in. × 19½ in. _Venice, 17th century_] [Illustration: PLATE XLVII. PORTION OF XLVI. ACTUAL SIZE] [Illustration: PLATE XLVIII. PATEN COVER OF NEEDLE-POINT RAISED, OR ROSE-POINT LACE, VERY SIMILAR IN STYLE AND GRACEFULNESS TO THAT OF No. XXXIII. The pattern consists of slender scrolls, with flowers enriched with massings or galleries of picots surrounding the letters I.H.S. at the centre 6½ in. square. _Venetian, about 1670_] [Illustration: PLATE XLIX. A PORTION OF XLVIII., MAGNIFIED TO SHOW THE STITCHES] [Illustration: PLATE L. THREE BORDERS OF DELICATE NEEDLE-POINT RAISED OR ROSE-POINT LACE Sometimes called point de neige on account of the massings or galleries of picots on the raised rosettes. It is also called rosaline in Italy. Some authorities claim this style as French, and it is one that may be fairly termed _Franco-Venetian, about 1670-80_ Together 4 ft. 8 in. × 2 in.] [Illustration: PLATE LI. DEEP FLOUNCE OF NEEDLE-POINT LACE À BRIDES PICOTÉES, USUALLY CALLED POINT DE FRANCE This handsome design, in the rendering of which the play of contrast as between toilé and simple modes is a salient feature, is composed of semi-realistic leaf, fruit and flower forms arranged symmetrically in groups which are repeated alternately through the whole length of the flounce. Accentuations of raised cordonnet are occasionally introduced. 9 ft. 2 in. × 13½ in. _French (Alençon or Sedan), about 1690_] [Illustration: PLATE LII. PORTION OF LI., ENLARGED] [Illustration: PLATE LIII. BORDER OF NEEDLE-POINT RAISED LACE, CALLED SPANISH ROSE-POINT