The country of origin of Point de Venise a reseau is something of a mystery. Levey thinks it is Brussels needle lace. Earnshaw thinks it was made in Venice or Burano. She also comments that there is a "marked similarity between the overall appearance of reseau Venise and of point de Sedan, though the texture is quite different." But point de Sedan is a bit of mystery in itself. Palliser said in her first book that Point de Venise a reseau came from Brussels. Jourdain corrected that in the Dover published edition to say Venice. Gwynne plays it safe saying that "The geometiric features could lead one to believee that this is a Venetian lace; however, according to one late C20 school of thougth this is an early Brussels lace." Do my fellow Arachnids have an opinion on this? If you had the resources of a lace collection of 5,000 pieces what would you look at to try to get to the bottom of this mystery? Devon
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