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HISTORY OF LACE,

In 186(>, when the author’s brother visited Burano, the arthad entirely died out, and the “ Contrada del Pizzo,” once thehead-quarters' of the lace-makers, was a mystery to the natives,who could no longer account for its denomination. In the churchis preserved a splendid series of altar cloths of so-called Burano

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point, Venetian point in relief, and a line “ storiato ” piece, re-presenting the mysteries of the Passion.

But Venetian point is now no more. The sole relic of this farfamed manufacture is the coarse torchon lace of the old lozengepattern. The peasant-women of Palestrina sit working at their“ ballon,” and no sooner does a stranger appear than he is mobbedby the whole population, eager to sell their lace, the same as that