I have encountered a piece, photos at http://laceioli.ning.com/group/identification-history It was listed in the catalogue of sale as Milanese and implies an Italian origin. I think I would consider it Mezzo Punto since it is largely needle lace worked with premade tape. The tape is very interesting. It is different than the plaited tape that we were earlier discussing because on close examination it has not only diagonal threads but also ones that are at right angles to the edge of the tape. So, possibly some kind of half stitch braid? The workmanship is very fine. For some reason, I assumed it was Flemish, possibly due to the tulips, but I havenât found anything like it on the Rijksmuseum data base. I donât know of a similarly comprehensive data base in an Italian Museum. Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Ideas? <https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5022008675?profile=origi nal> Devon
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