Pictures of 16th and Early 17 Century Lace
     
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x Reticello rose with laurel crown in punto in aria - Levier, Florence - from Ricci, Elisa, Old Italian Lace, (William Heinemann, London; J.B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia, 1913) figure 112 x detail of laurel x detail of colored cutwork, late 16th century - from Levey, Santina, The Hardwick Hall Textiles, (National Trust Enterprises LTD., London, 1998). Fig. 36   detail of colored cutwork. x
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x baby's coif Flemish, 2nd half 16th century - Clare Browne, Lace, from the Victoria and Albert Museum, (V&A Publications, 2004)
Photography by Christine Smith, plate 3.
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