by Heather Luke | Jun 22, 2015
A Venetian needle lace from the 17thC similar to guipure, with scrolling floral patterns with additional floral design worked in relief and often cobnected or finished with picots or thickened threads, and called variously Gros point, rose point, Point de neige, Point...
by Heather Luke | Jun 22, 2015
Also known as sinopia, it is a deep red-brown natural earth pigment derived from ferric oxide, used in classical antiquity, and particularly associated with Italian medieval and Renaissance art, especially for cartoons and fresco under-paintings. This pigment was...
by Heather Luke | Jun 22, 2015
Venice is known for it’s hand made paper and then the highly individual marbled papers that were and are used to decorate the inside covers of books, now also to cover the front of books, files, folders and...
by Heather Luke | Jun 22, 2015
This is the same as Point de Venise A Venetian needle lace from the 17thC similar to guipure, with scrolling floral patterns with additional floral design worked in relief and often cobnected or finished with picots or thickened threads, and called variously...
by Heather Luke | Jun 22, 2015
A type of glass perfected during the middle ages in Murano, Venice, Italy, also known as Murano glass. The Venetian archipelago has a rich history of glassworkers, in part thanks to rich international connections, in particular with Byzantium. When in the 13thC the...
