History of Lace by Mrs. Bury Palliser
7. Punto a maglia quadra.--Lacis; square netting,[178] the modano of the
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Tuscans. (Fig. 24.)
[Illustration: Fig. 23.
GROS POINT DE VENISE.--From the Collar of a Venetian Nobleman. Musée de
Cluny, Paris. 16th century.
N.B.--This drawing makes the work and design appear heavier than it is in
reality.
_To face page 52._]
{53}This Tuscan sort was not generally embroidered; the pattern consists in
knitting the meshes together in different shapes. It was much used for
hangings of beds, and those curtains placed across the windows, called
_stores_ by the French, and by the Italians, _stuora_.[179]
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