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HISTORY OR LACE.

4 . Punto a foglinmi. 12 —See “ Venice.”

5. Punto a gropo, or gropari. 13 —Groppo, or gruppo, signifiesa knot, or tie, and in this lace the threads are knotted together,like the fringes of the Genoese macrame. 14 After this manneris made the trimming to the linen scarfs or cloths which thelloman peasants wear folded square over the head, and hangingdown the back (Pig. 18).

6. Punto a maglia qnadra.—Lacis; square netting, 15 the“ modano ” of the Tuscans (Fig. 19). This was much used for the

Fig. 19.

l'uuto a muglia. Lacis.

X;-A '-y;.

hangings of beds, and those curtains, placed across the windows,called “ stores ” by the French, by the Italians, “ stuora.” 16

12 Given in “II Monte,” circa 1550,but described earlier by Firenzuola.See “ Florence.”

13 Tuglienti (1530) baa “ groppi,”“ moreschi,” and “ arabeschianil “ IISpccchio ” (1543) “ ponti gropposi.” Secalso the Sforza Inventory, 1493.

14 See “Genoa.”

13 Taglienti (1530) gives, “a ma-

gliatn,” Para sole (1600) “lavori di ma-glia.”

16 “ Punti a stuora” occur in “IISpccchio” (1548), “I Frutti ” (1564),and in the “Vera Perfettione” (1591).The word “ stuoni,” modern “ stuoja,”means also a mat of plaited rushes, whichsome of these interlaced patterns maybe intended to imitate.