Point de Venise

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Portrait of a young man of the Chigi family wearing a gros point de Venise collar, 17th century.
Portrait of a young man of the Chigi family wearing a gros point de Venise collar, [1] 17th century.

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).

  1. ^ Montupet and Schoeller, Lace: The Elegant Web, p. 34
  2. ^ Lefébure, Embroidery and Lace, p. 214

  • 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
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
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