Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Visual Works (hierarchy name)
5. visual works (works)
6. [visual works by material or technique]
7. needlework (visual works)
8. lace (needlework)
9. needle lace

Narrower term/s

• punto a relievo
• rose point
• point de neige
• point plat de Venise
• Burano lace
• Alençon lace

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to needle lace created in Venice primarily during the 16th through 19th centuries. It also refers to imitations of Venetian lace made later and/or in other locations. It is characterized by a sumptuousness defined by the large size of the pieces of lace and by the rich high-relief patterns and Baroque designs. Early examples were created by stitching together sections of deep, acute-angled points of lacework, which were typically used for making ruffs and collars known as "vandykes." Later designs were more curvilinear. Lace making declined in Venice proper in the early 19th century, but lace is still made on the nearby island of Burano.