Venetian Lace

Point de Venise

Point de Venise is a Venetian needle lace from the 17th century characterized by scrolling floral patterns with additional floral motifs worked in relief. By the mid-seventeenth century, it had overtaken Flemish lace as the most desirable type of lace in contemporary European fashion.

Lace

Lace is a decorative openwork textile made without the use of pre-existing fabric. Lace can be made by hand or machine. Various techniques can be employed to form lace, each having a distinct category. Lace can also be used to refer to other types of openwork fabric such as cutwork or filet, which use pre-existing fabric.

venetian

Noun

1. Ellipsis of Venetian blind or alternative letter-case form of Venetian.

lace

Noun

1. A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
2. A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly.

Verb

1. To fasten (something) with laces.
2. To interweave items.