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7. Burato.—The word means a stiff cloth or canvas (“ toilleclere ” of Taglienti, 1527), on wliich the pattern is embroidered,reducing it to a kind of rude lace. One of the pattern books 17is devoted exclusively to its teaching.

8. l’unto di Venezia.—The Venetian points, fine and wonder-ful works of the needle, that baffle all description, and are endlessin variety.

The grounded laces fabricated at Burano will be noticed later.

b. Bunto tirato.—Drawn-work. 18 Fig. 20 is a lace groundmade by drawing the threads of muslin (fili tirati). 19 The present

Fig. 20.

Punlo tirato- Drawn lace.

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specimen is simple in design, but some are very complicated andbeautiful.

Italy, we believe, furnished her own thread. “Fine whiteor nun’s thread is made by the Augustine nuns of Crema, twistedafter the manner as the silk of Bolonia,” writes Skippin, 1631.

17 Bumto. See Appendix.

>• There are many patterns for thiswork in “Le Pompe di Minerva,” 1642.Taglienti (1530) has “desfilato” amonghis puuti.”

18 Many other points are enumeratedin the pattern books, of which we knownothing, such as “gasii” (I Frulti, 1564),“trezola” (ibid.), “rimcssi ” (Tern Per-feitione, 1591).