Reticella was worked on a framework of threads from a woven fabric. After a while, workers began to make diagonal support threads across the woven framework and to work on either side of those support threads. Afterward support threads were laid without the woven framework. Buttonhole stitches were worked on these, working outward from an interior skeletal thread and this is called punto in aria. At a certain point, workers began to lay threads to surround the design area and to fill these areas with needle lace stitches, including more decorative ones. In the later case, was the lace still called punto in aria, or is there another name for it? Does it make a difference if the lace was worked from an interior support thread out, or filling in exterior laid threads, or is the basic style the determinant of whether something is punto in aria?I have posted some examples at http://laceioli.ning.com/group/identification-history The first three look like classic punto in aria to me. The last three have areas that look like they might be filled, principally because the needle lace stitches are not solid. Would the last three be punto in aria? Devon
- To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
