Argentella

Argentella
	Argentella and Argentan lace 18th century
Type	Lace
Production method	Needle lace
Production process	Craft production
Place of origin	Genoa, Italy or France
Introduced	c. 1700 to 1730

Argentella is a type of needle lace derived from Argentan lace,^[1] with a Rosacé ground, a "striking ground of tiny webs."^[1] The lace was used for lappets and flounces, examples of which can be found in European museum collections.^[2]

Argentella: A French needle lace made also at Abbisola in Italy. Developed from Argentan with Rosacé ground.^[3]

Argentella. A name given to a lace made in Genoa [Italy], but worked much like [the French] Point d'Alençon.^[4]

argentella lace[:] An early, white needlepoint lace made in Italy. Similar to the Alençon lace, but made with flat cordonnet. The patterns are delicate and spread over a net ground with small dots at the corners.^[5]

Argentella. ...a variant of point d'Alençon, which has a large mesh with a six-sided dot in the centre. This dotted réseau is known as fond de neige, and œil de perdrix, also as réseau rosaceé.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Brooke, Margaret L. (1925). Lace in the making with bobbins and needle. Boni. p. 138. Retrieved 29 April 2011. [ISBN unspecified].
^ Gwynne, Judyth L. (1997). The illustrated dictionary of lace (1. publ ed.). London: Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-7821-1.
^ Brooke (1925), p.146.
^ Mollett, John William (1883). An Illustrated Dictionary of Words Used in Art and Archaeology, p.23. London: Gilbert and Rivington, Limited. [ISBN unspecified].
^ Tortora, Phyllis G.; and Johnson, Ingrid (2013). The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, p.24. 8th edition. A&C Black. ISBN 9781609015350.
^ Head, R. E. (1922). The Lace & Embroidery Collector, p.49. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company. [ISBN unspecified].