Pictures of 16th and Early 17 Century Lace
   
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x Flat needle lace on a foundation of laid threads: the story of Judith and Holofernes, Italian, early 17th century - detail. - Santina Levey, Lace, A History, (Leeds: Maney & Son, 1983) fig 65 A. x detail from lace at left - note the open work in the skirt and the spaces separating the neckline of the dress. x detail from lace at left x detail from lace at left - note the spaces used to outline details such as the panes in the pants (hose) and hat. Also note the openings for the eyes. x
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x detail from lace above. x detail from my lace lady - note the openings for the eyes and the spaces used to separate the neckline of the dress. Also compare solid buttonhole stitch on dress, face and arms to solid buttonhole stitch on 17th century lace above and on either side of this picture. x detail of openwork on skirt from lace on top left corner of page. x detail from my lace lady - note the open work on the skirt. - openwork is created by couching lace threads to pattern then embroidering over them in buttonhole stitch. Solid buttonhole stitch is created by feeding the thread through an already created buttonhole stitch and embroidering another buttonhole stitch - similar to how one makes a chain of buttonhole stitches.  
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x detail from border cutwork and needle lace Italian, early 17th century. - Clare Browne, Lace, from the Victoria and Albert Museum, (V&A Publications, 2004)
Photography by Christine Smith, plate 8.
x detail of cutwork - note lines of raised buttonhole stitch to outline details of figure. x detail of cutwork - note lines of raised buttonhole stitch to outline details of figure. x detail of cutwork - note lines of raised buttonhole stitch to outline details of figure.  
x   this is the only picture I could find where the embroidery stitches could be seen. x   x    
  detail of center vine (embroidered in needleweaving stitch). Leaf is embroidered in buttonhole stitch and the stem connecting the leaf is embroidered by wrapping an outer thread in a spiral around the thread attaching the leaf.              
                 
     
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