Venetian lace

Japanese: Venetian lace(英語表記)Venetianlace
Venetian lace

…This technique involves attaching a parchment with a sketch on it to a coarsely woven linen cloth, roughly stitching the outline to create a frame, and then following the threads to create a blanket stitch while floating it. When the parchment is cut and removed, the lace is made of threads alone. The design started out as a simple geometric border, then evolved into a wide border of arabesque, floral, and genre motifs, and further into animal, floral, and bird motifs. At that time, Italian lace was also attracting attention abroad, and was brought to England, France, Spain, Germany, and other countries by Venetian merchants as Venetian lace. In England, the term Venetian lace can be found in the inventory of Henry VIII's property. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…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。当時イタリア製のレースは国外でも注目され,ベネチアン・レースVenetian laceとしてイギリス,フランス,スペイン,ドイツなどへベネチアの商人によって持ち込まれた。イギリスではヘンリー8世の財産目録中にベネチアン・レースの語がみられる。…

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