Re: [lace] Point de Venise a reseau

2003-09-19 Thread Adele Shaak
Devon wrote: 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

Re: [lace] Point de Venise a reseau

2003-09-19 Thread ashaak
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. Hey! I just had another thought. I saw a TV show on the Shroud of Turin, that showed some eager scientist who had