Chapter II: Introduction: 3

GLOSSARY 9

NEEDLEPOINT LACE 21

BOBBIN-MADE LACE 43

INDEX 55

LIST OF PLATES

PLATE

I. The Alb, preserved at Assisi, said to have been worn by St.
Francis

II. The Alb which is said to have been worn by Pope Boniface,
A.D. 1298

III. (1) Detail of the Alb of Pope Boniface VIII.
(2) Detail of the Assisi Alb

IV. Three Pieces of Needlework from Egypto-Roman or Coptic Tombs
of the Second and Third Centuries

V. (1) A Piece of Bobbin-made Lace
(2) Darned Work with White Linen Thread
(3) Portion of a Mummy Cloth

VI. Two Examples of Italian Tela Tirata and Punto Reale

VII. An Example of Early Lacis or Sfilatura

VIII. Seven Enlarged Stitches used in Lacis and Linen Lace

IX. Five Enlarged Varieties of Réseaux

X. Seven Enlarged Varieties of Réseaux

XI. Border of Lacis or darned Square Mesh Net Punto a Tela or
Linen-Stitch

XII. Border of Square Mesh Lacis

XIII. Two Examples of Lacis Work

XIV. Part of a Quilt

XV. Lacis Table-Cover

XVI. No. 1. Vandyke Border of Lacis
No. 2. Part of a Quilt of Squares of Lacis

XVII. Border of Lacis with the Twisted Mesh called Buratto

XVIII. Two Borders of Lacis called Buratto

XIX. Band of Tela Tirata or Drawn Work

XX. Part of a Cover of Tela Tirata or Drawn Work

XXI. Band or Flounce of Tela Tirata or Drawn Work

XXII. An Infant's Swaddling Band or "Fascia" of Tela Tirata

XXIII. Band of a Variety of Tela Tirata

XXIV. Linen Cloth with Border

XXV. Two Bands

XXVI. Pyx Veil of Tela Tirata, or Drawn Thread Work