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	point - definition by dict.die.net
		Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point.
		Point of sight (Persp.), in a perspective drawing, the point assumed as that occupied by the eye of the spectator.
		Singular point (Geom.), a point of a curve which possesses some property not possessed by points in general on the curve, as a cusp, a point of inflection, a node, etc. To carry one's point, to accomplish one's object, as in a controversy.
	dict.die.net /point (2007 words)

	[No title]
		In this example the machine used is a 16 point (that is 32 carriages to the inch), and the ground is made half gauge, that is 8 point, and the weaving is made the full gauge of the machine, that is 16 point.
		LA CHAISE, FRANCOIS DE (1624–1709), father confessor of Louis XIV., was born at the chateau of Aix in Forey on the 25th of August 1624, being the son of Georges d'Aix, seigneur de la Chaise, and of Renee de Rochefort.
		Through the influence of Camille de Villeroy, archbishop of Lyons, Pere de la Chaise was nominated in 1674 confessor of Louis XIV., who intrusted him during the lifetime of Harlay de Champvallon, archbishop of Paris, with the administration of the ecclesiastical patronage of the crown.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=38996 (8540 words)

	LACE - LoveToKnow Article on LACE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The point dEspagne, however, appears to have been a commercial name given by French manufacturers of a class of lace made in France with gold or silver threads on the pillow and greatly esteemed by Spaniards in the I7th century.
		Point dArgentan has been thought to be especially distinguished on account of its delicate honeycomb ground of hexagonally arranged brides (fig.
		In this example the machine used is a 16 point (that is 32 carriages to the inch), and the ground is made half gauge, that is 8 point, FIG.
	12.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LA/LACE.htm (8214 words)

	Antique Needle Lace: Needlepoint Lace Structures
		Point de Gaze laces were among the finest and most expensive of 19th century products, and most were made in Belgium -- with the most exquisite said to have come from Brussels.
		The Point de France style developed in the late 17th century, but this piece was probably made in the early19th century.
		Here is a late 19th century combination of Brussels Point de Gaze and Duchesse bobbin lace on a small collar.
	www.marlamallett.com /l-needle.htm (1255 words)

	Point - definition from Biology-Online.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		At point, In point, At, In, or On, the point, as near as can be; on the verge; about (see About, 6); as, at the point of death; he was on the point of speaking.
		A point of a curve which possesses some property not possessed by points in general on the curve, as a cusp, a point of inflection, a node, etc. To carry one's point, to accomplish one's object, as in a controversy.
		To direct the point of something, as of a [[finge 9ce r]], for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; with at.
	www.biology-online.org /dictionary/Point (1066 words)

	The Salacious Historian's Lair - Baroque Costumes
		Point de Neige is the peak of the trend to make flowers smaller, while being built up in delicate layers, together with increasingly decorative brides.
		Point Plat was a closely worked lace in a similar scrolling design of the raised points, but the flowers, instead of being padded, were filled with many different designs.
		Point de Sedan was a more free-flowing and less symmetrical form of Point de France, produced at the border between France and Flanders.
	www.kipar.org /baroque-costumes/costumes_lace.html (1304 words)

	tiger point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A sharp or tapered end: the point of a knife; the point of the antenna.
		to the point Concerning or with relevance to the matter at hand: remarks that were to the point; rambled and would not speak to the point.
		For stock averages and indexes a point represents a unit of movement and is best interpreted as a percent of the beginning value.
	www.floridaluxurywaterfronthomes.com /tiger-point.htm (3642 words)

	The DICT Development Group: Online Dictionary Query- point
		At point, In point, At the point, In the point, or On the point, as near as can be; on the verge; about (see About, prep., 6); as, at the point of death; he was on the point of speaking.
		To make a point, or To gain a point, accomplish that which was proposed; also, to make advance by a step, grade, or position.
		To mark a point, or To score a point, as in billiards, cricket, etc., to note down, or to make, a successful hit, run, etc. To strain a point, to go beyond the proper limit or rule; to stretch one's authority or conscience.
	dict.tu-graz.ac.at /cgi-bin/Dict?Form=Dict2&Database=*&Query=point (2162 words)

	Bin's On-Line Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The relation of a point or position in a series, or of degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at 80[deg]; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest.
		The relations of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything; at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require, receive, deserve, endure at your hands.
		At may be used before the name of a city when it is regarded as a mere point of locality.
	language.bin.org /ref/dict?t=At (1770 words)

	Victorian Brides, Vanderbilt Trousseau
		The lace, said to be the finest of its kind ever brought to this country, was point applique, bordered with round point, and ornamented with medallions of point de Venise.
		Among the richest of the evening dresses of this outfit was a dress of sulphur-colored brocade combined with plain gros grain, and trimmed with wide Valenciennes lace and tulle embroidered with pearls; the train was ninety-five inches long; the sleeves were of white chenille in open square meshes held by pearls.
		The train hangs in folds without being caught up at a single point; it is trimmed up each side with lace, and across the bottom with pleated and gathered flounces; the sleeves have lace inserted their whole length.
	www.victoriana.com /library/harpers/vanderbilt.html (1090 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lace
		This includes every variety of needle-made or point lace made entirely without foundation, such as Venice and Spanish flat point and raised point, point de France, Alençon point, point de gaze, etc. However widely dissimilar these laces may be in their designs and styles of execution, they all come under the head of needlepoint lace.
		Daniel Rock has pointed out that the long strips of lacis and linen lace of early work, now sometimes found, were covers for the lectern; and this is confirmed by the fact that the figure subjects are usually worked across the width of the piece, as in a remarkable piece dating from the fifteenth century.
		Hollie, or holy, point is the only English distinctive needlepoint lace; this was principally used for infants' caps and other garments at baptism, and the Holy Dove, a pot with flowers reminiscent of the Annunciation, etc., were devices often used.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08729b.htm (2196 words)

	Arts and Crafts : Needle Lace History > Point de Venise : anyhow5.com
		Point de Venise - Venetian needle lace made between 16 th and 19 th century.
		Two Venetian needle lace types: Point Plate de Venise, and later developed Gros Point de Venise (punto a relievo).
		Also, other Venetian needle lace varieties were developed: point de neige (identified by the tiny rosettes and stylized scrollwork) and point de rose.
	www.anyhow5.com /lace_history/needle_lace/point_de_venise.htm (108 words)

	Drag Invasion 2001 - LICK
		Venise then changed into a sexy fl leather bra and shorts set, complete with matching jacket and S&M accessories, giving the crowd a clue to our next stop: The L.I. Eagle.
		Venise shocked (and delighted) the audience by ripping the tank top off a shaved-head muscle boy, who balked, "But I bought that shirt in Japan!" But the real shock came soon afterward, when the boys from Auntie M's surprised Venise with a birthday cake, complete with the DJ playing "Happy Birthday.
		As the bus drove back to Club 608, Venise (still full of energy) invited the remaining crowd to join her in cutting her birthday cake, but by then it was 4:30 AM -- and everyone was too pooped to party on.
	licktheweb.com /articles/events/draginvasion.html (1162 words)

	The Salacious Historian's Lair - Baroque Costumes
		Madame the Duchess de Nevers came in with her hair dressed in the most ludicruous fashion, though you know that as a rule I like uncommon hairstyles.
		I saw yeseterday the Duchess de Sully and the Countess de Guiche; their heads are charming, I give in; this hair style is just what will suit you, you will look like an angel and it is quickly done...
		The King went again in the evening to see the Duchess de Bourgogne whom he found resting on a couch wearing an andrienne (this was a robe de chambre undraped and with a long train; it was named after a dress of this style worn by an actress in the Comedy 'Andrienne').
	www.kipar.org /baroque-costumes/costumes_female_quotes.html (2129 words)

	Chapter Pococurantism <i>to</i> Point of P by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
		He told him, point for point, in short and plain.
		A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a tune.
		A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See Equinoctial Nodal.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1207/23644/7.html (463 words)

	Needle Point Lace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		At the end of the 17th century, the lightest of the Venetian needlepoint laces were made; and this class which was of the filmiest texture is usually known as point de Venise a réseau.
		It was contemporary with the needle made French laces of Argentani that became famous towards the latter part of the 17th century.
		Point d’Argentan has been thought to be especially distinguished on account of its delicate honeycomb ground of hexagonally arranged brides, a peculiarity in certain antecedent Venetian point laces.
	www.2020site.org /lace/needlepointlace.html (1088 words)

	Mariposa Gazette Newspaper- Births, Death, Marriages 1903-1904
		A still more important consequence was that it gave FREMONT a knowledge of the strategic points in California, which he turned to decisive account on his third expedition, in 1846, when he struck the first blow in the war which made California and New Mexico United States territory.
		FREMONT was living at the present Black Point, which she had fitted up elaborately as a home.
		The bride was becomingly gowned in a handsome robe of cream crape de chine trimmed with costly lace and orange blossoms.
	www.mariposaresearch.net /DISVIT9.html (16573 words)

	Collector Cafe - Register
		The golden age of European lace was the period from 1600 to 1800.
		During these two centuries distinctive styles emerged in Italy, such as Point de Venise, Genoese and Milanese bobbin lace, and the Low Countries which specialised in Brussels Point, Mechelin, Binche, Valenciennes and Point d'Angleterre.
		Distinctive styles include Point de France, Point d'Argentan and Point d'Alencon as well as Lille bobbin lace.
	www.collectorcafe.com /article_archive.asp?article=360&id=165 (433 words)

	19th Century Lace
		Stock no. V4.6 are 2 pieces of early Irish crochet, imitating Point de Venise.
		is a bertha in Brussels Point de Gaze lace.
		It measures: 485x26 cms (192x11 inches); Condition is good throughout; however it is obvious that at one point part of the lace became damp which gave rise to an alteration in colour and caused a few bridges to break (see last photograph)
	www.mendes.co.uk /19thc.lace.html (1704 words)

	Books: Bobbin Lace & Lacemaking
		First published in 1874 Antique Point and Honiton Lace gives an insight into the techniques of needlelace and Honiton lace as they were understood during the Victorian era.
		It is unique from other Normandy laces in that it is grounded in the Point de Paris, or from the English point of view, Kat Stitch tradition of lacemaking.
		This is a well organized and illustrated text on the basics of Point de Venise including beautiful patterns.
	www.vansciverbobbinlace.com /1Books.html (5864 words)

	Text Book
		Embroidery is the art of decorating material, primarily textile fabric, by means of a needle and thread (and sometimes fine wire).
		The use of beads in fabric decoration; beads may be individually stitched, applied in threaded lengths, or actually woven into the material, the weft threaded with beads before being woven in.
		The stitch used--also called petit point or tent stitch--is worked either in diagonal or horizontal rows across the intersection of the canvas threads.
	www.geocities.com /Area51/Cavern/6861/textbook1.html (2090 words)

	[No title]
		That a race-horse owner goes nowadays to the astrologer for a horoscope of his racer is a fact that insinuatingly elevates the beast to the plane of his master.
		In the short story of 1921, the monkey, the tiger, the elephant, the dog and all their kind are treated from an anthropomorphic point of view.
		A long, continued outcry would very likely stretch the tiger's nerves to a breaking point and hurl her into a frenzy that would probably result in a death-dealing charge.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/11512/11512.txt (22913 words)

	Darning a sock heel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A "Point de Venise" darn in progress on the heel of a sock.
		I have almost finished covering a worn area along the short-turn line of the turning of the heel.
		It must be something about the way I knit them — but it wears on both sides of the "seam", and the other "seam" appears to be identical.
	home.earthlink.net /~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/PVENISED.HTM (158 words)

	Lacis Tools & Materials
		The story of the rich bobbin laces of Normandy where threads could be of gold, and color.
		Museum catalog from 1981 of fl & white photos and descriptions of laces from the 16th century to the 1930's, mostly the oldest & fanciest bobbin laces.
		This volume covering needle laces: Point de France, Point de Sedan, Point de Alebcon, Point de Argentan, Point Colbert.
	www.lacis.com /catalog/data/b_lacehistoryidentification.html (1452 words)

	VANITY FAIR : FEATURES : CONTENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The interior of the mansion, designed by Elsie de Wolfe, featured hand-painted chinoiserie wallpaper, fl marble floors with inlaid copper, and a study paneled with pine that had been stripped from a venerable mansion in London.
		The bride wore a white satin gown with a wide, deep collar of point de Venise lace.
		A large central pediment with a carved floral relief serves as the focal point of the façade.
	www.vanityfair.com /features/general/articles/060606fege03 (7160 words)

	Non-fashionable sewing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Toddler Apron: A doll-sized adaptation of an apron pattern that once circulated on newspaper.
		Point de Venise: overlapping rows of buttonhole stitch on the heel of a sock.
		Sewing kits: Everything you need can be stored in surprisingly-small spaces.
	home.earthlink.net /~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM (681 words)

	Veniceblog
		Livio De Marchi is a Venetian master sculptor who works exclusively -- and improbably -- in wood.
		Yet here, instead, we have these undersized, generally sub-fresh jelly vessels where a warm, flakey, buttery crescent is supposed to be.
		And while the Venetian intelligentsia is considering ways of dealing with the problem, the point of next weekend’s demonstrations is to carry the message directly to the Venetian people, and above all, to the city government.
	veniceblog.typepad.com /veniceblog (11723 words)

	Flounce - Rijksmuseum
		Lace from the Normandy region became known as 'point de France'.
		This wide flounce of French needle lace is inspired by the designs of Jean Bérain (1637-1711), 'Dessinateur de la Chambre et du Cabinet du Roi' to Louis XIV.
		It is based on the most popular motif of the period, a theme that was widely copied.
	www.rijksmuseum.nl /aria/aria_assets/BK-1980-86?lang=en (258 words)

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