3. Punto in aria--of which all later needle-point laces are
varieties. _See_ Plates 31 and 32.
The three chief ways of making bobbin-lace, "Trine a fuselli," are:
1. A tape, sometimes plain, sometimes ornamented, is made on the
pillow. This tape is placed and arranged as wished and joined up
on the pillow, but it is not cut or finished off, but continues
to form the pattern until the lace is completed. _See_ Plates 83
and 84.
2. Complete sprays or patterns are made on the pillow and finished
off; these are afterwards joined by brides or by a réseau. _See_
Plates 90 and 91.
3. The bobbins first used, continue and complete both pattern and
ground of the whole length of the lace. _See_ Plate 97.
I here give a Glossary, the result of inquiries tabulated during a stay
in Italy some years ago. I cannot find any authoritative translation of
the technical terms used to describe ancient lace, so I give my
interpretations for what they are worth.
GLOSSARY
À JOURS or MODES _See_ Fillings.
ALB The long linen robe (worn under the chasuble
by priests at the altar) which is sometimes
enriched with a border of lace, as well as
with lace on the cuffs.
APPLIQUÉ When the ornamentation made separately is
fixed and sewn by hand to a complete ground
of bobbin or machine-made net.
ARGENTELLA A name given sometimes to lace made with
either fillings or a complete background of
the réseau called rosacé. This very pretty
work occurs in both Venetian and French
needle-point of the eighteenth century. (_See_
Plate 60.) But it is a mistake to use the
word as denoting a distinct make of lace.
AVORIO _Ivory._ _See_ PUNTI.
BOBBIN-MADE LACE _See_ PILLOW-LACE.
BONE POINT _See_ CORDONNET. This term was also applied
to early bobbin-made lace made in England
with bone bobbins.
BRIDES, or BARS Ties or loops between the edges of details,
forming the pattern, and connecting them
together. Brides are often adorned with
picots, or little knots, and are then called
brides picotées, when they have no picots
they are brides claires. Brides occur both in
needlepoint and in bobbin-made lace.
BUTTON-HOLE STITCH _See_ PUNTO A FESTONE.
BURATTO Lacis, with a twisted instead of a knotted
foundation.
CLOTHING _See also_ FOND and TOILÉ.
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