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Needle Lace |
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Needle Lace comes from a kind of Renaissance embroidery, so-called reticello, obtained by removing threads from a basic tissue and leaving only some of them. Working with needle and thread on this thin net, every sort of geometrical design was realised. We can talk about lace since the start is not the tissue, but a series of needle points following a paper design (e.g. Aemilia ars and Burano lace); sometimes the work proceeds without any design, simply following the lacemaker's fantasy (e.g. Puncetto lace). There's a great variety of needle lace in Italy; just to have a very simple idea of the differences, we can say that Aemilia ars is traditionally a geometrical lace, quite near to reticello in its designs (but not always). Burano Lace shows some more freedom in its composition, as well as a greater number of points, in particular in the creation of the net. The design, supported on a pillow, is marked with a simple point filza, on which the basic lines of the lace are later built; then the net and the relief are added; finally, the basic filza is removed and the lace is ready. As to Puncetto Lace, it is made in hand: with the needle the lacemaker creates a series of small knots in turns of round-trip. The designs are geometric; the work looks rather compact. |
