Carolina and Jean are suggesting that Point Plat is the correct term. Gon says that she would call it Point de Venise a relief, âbecause there is a small relief around the motives. In the Point de Venise Plat there is no relief at all.â Gon echoes a feeling that I have about it. I think of Point Plat as a rather rare lace. The lack of a finished edge around the motifs is very noticeable. In fact, it may be rather hard to achieve. But in this piece There is a buttonholed relief around the edges of the motifs. The relief around the motifs seems more like what you would see in what I would call Point de Venise such as was being made in the late 19th early 20th century for table linens. As such this structure is a very common one, not rare. But as this piece is dated to the 17th century, would the term Point de Venise be appropriate? Is Point de Venise a generic term or does it imply a date as well? A concern that I have is that people looking for Point Plat, an unusual lace, would be disappointed to be directed to this lace. Devon
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