reticella

Japanese: reticella
reticella

...The finished lace was very similar to needlepoint lace.
[Early Modern Period]
Needlepoint lace, invented in Venice in the mid-16th century, was called reticella, a type of embroidery with geometric patterns sewn together so that the fabric was almost invisible. It eventually developed into the full-fledged punto in aria (lace stitched in the air). This technique involves attaching a piece of parchment with a design to a piece of coarsely woven linen, roughly stitching the outline to create a frame, and following the threads to create a blanket stitch while floating it up. When the parchment is cut and removed, the lace is created with only the threads forming the pattern. The designs started out as simple geometric borders, eventually changing into wide borders of arabesques, flowers and birds, and genre motifs, and then into animal and flower and bird motifs. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "reticella" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このレースは仕上がりが非常にニードル・ポイント・レースに似ていた。
[近世]
 16世紀の中ごろ,ベネチアで考案されたニードル・ポイント・レースは,レティチェラreticellaと呼ばれ,布地がほとんど見えないぐらい糸でかがった幾何学模様の孔あき刺繡であるが,やがて本格的なプント・イン・アリアpunto in aria(〈空中に刺したレース〉の意)に発展した。この技法は,織りの粗い麻地の上に,下絵を描いた羊皮紙をとめ,輪郭を粗く縫ってフレームを作り,その糸をたどりながらブランケット・ステッチを浮かしながらからげていき,羊皮紙を切ってはずすと糸だけで模様を構成するレースで,デザインは単純な幾何学模様の縁飾りから,やがて唐草・花鳥・風俗模様の幅広いボーダーになり,さらに,動物・花鳥模様へと変化していった。…

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