My Venetian Needle Lace

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In February 2019 my husband and I took a fantastic trip to 3 Italian cities: Venice, Florence, & Rome.

It was in Venice, our first stop on our adventure, that I found & purchased these lace pieces.

The true needlelace pieces were purchased in a shop called Il Merletto, just off the grand San Marcos Plaza. The lace shop was itself a marvel as it was in a very old ‘chapel’ and as such you could see the remnants of it’s previous use. Unfortunately, photography was not allowed, so I have no pictures to share with you.

I purchased these 5 needlelace pieces. They were said to have come from an estate of a woman and were probably made in the 60’s. Size each ca. 5 inches.
This piece was my ‘splurge purchase’. It is a contemporary piece. Size ca. 8×12 inches.
These two pieces are machine-made and were sold in the tourist shops in Venice for not much money. Size ca. 2×3″