Point de Venise
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Point de Venise (also Gros Point de Venise) a Venetian needle lace from the 17th century characterized by scrolling floral patterns with additional floral motifs worked in relief[2] (in contrast with the geometric designs of the earlier reticella).
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- Lefébure, Ernest, b. 1835: Embroidery and Lace: Their Manufacture and History from the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Day (London: H. Grevel and Co., 1888), ed. by Alan S. Cole Online Books page
- Montupet, Janine, and Ghislaine Schoeller: Lace: The Elegant Web, ISBN 0-8109-3553-8
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| Lace types | |
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| Needle: | Punto in Aria | Point de Venise | Point de France | Alençon | Argentan | Argentella | Hollie Point | Point de Gaze | Youghal | Limerick Embroidered: Reticella | Buratto | Filet/Lacis | Tambour | Teneriffe | Needlerun Net Cut Work: Broderie Anglaise | Carrickmacross |
| Bobbin: | Ancient: Antwerp | Pottenkant | Ecclesiastical | Freehand | Torchon Continental: Binche | Flanders | Mechlin | Paris | Valenciennes Point ground: Bayeux | Blonde | Bucks point | Chantilly | Tønder | Beveren | Lille Guipure: Genoese | Venetian | Bedfordshire | Cluny | Maltese Part laces: Honiton | Brugges | Brussels Tape: Milanese | Flemish | Russian | Peasant |
| Tape: | Mezzopunto | Princess | Renaissance | Romanian point |
| Knotted: | Macramé | Tatting | Armenian |
| Crocheted: | Irish crochet | Hairpin | Filet crochet |
| Knitted: | Shetland | Estonian | Icelandic | Danish | German |
| Machine-made: | Warp Knit | Leavers | Pusher | Barmen | Curtain Machine | Chemical Hand Finished: Hand-run Gimps |
