Renaissance lace

The name refers to the rebirth of antique Italian forms to create the patterns of this 19th century lace.

Manufacturers produced a huge number of suitable tapes in different widths and sometimes with picots or other decoration.

The lacemaker bought the tape and sewed it onto a paper with the pattern.

Then she filled up the empty spaces with a needle using a variety of stitches.

[3] Some regard the whole genre as being Renaissance lace, with varying forms such as Branscombe, Princess and Battenberg.