The engraving shows a reduced representation of a very elegant specimen
of modern lace--the reduction in size being necessary in order to
present the whole design. In making the lace, narrow braid and cord are
used for the foundation of the design, and then the filling-in stitches
are made and at the same time rings and buttons and bars and picots are
introduced. Some of the filling-in stitches are combinations--as in the
figures with very open bars where point d'Espagne and point Brabancon
are combined, and at the middle section of the central figure where
point de Valenciennes and point Brabancon are combined. Other stitches
used are d'Alencon bars, Raleigh bars, church stitch, point de
Bruxelles, "spiders," Sorrento bars, and picots. The greater the variety
in the filling-in stitches, the more beautiful the lace. A picot edge
finishes the lace in a very dainty manner along its lower outline, while
a cord forms the upper edge.
[Illustration: No. 43.--Modern Venetian Point.]
No. 44.