{"id":2947,"date":"2021-02-06T19:25:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T19:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2021-02-06T19:25:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T19:25:56","slug":"my-venetian-needle-lace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/my-venetian-needle-lace\/","title":{"rendered":"My Venetian Needle Lace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In February 2019 my husband and I took a fantastic trip to 3 Italian cities:  Venice, Florence, &amp; Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was in Venice, our first stop on our adventure, that I found &amp; purchased these lace pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 &#8216;chapel&#8217; and as such you could see the remnants of it&#8217;s previous use.   Unfortunately, photography was not allowed, so I have no pictures to share with you.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"657\" src=\"http:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img001-1024x657.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img001-1024x657.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img001-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img001-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img001.jpg 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"http:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img002-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img002-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img002-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img002-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img002.jpg 2033w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"http:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img003-1024x572.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2950\" data-link=\"http:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/?attachment_id=2950#main\" class=\"wp-image-2950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img003-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img003-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img003-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img003.jpg 2033w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"958\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img004-1-958x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img004-1-958x1024.jpg 958w, https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img004-1-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img004-1-768x821.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><figcaption>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&#8217;s.  Size each ca. 5 inches.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img016-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img016-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img016-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img016-768x1056.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><figcaption>This piece was my &#8216;splurge purchase&#8217;.  It is a contemporary piece.  Size ca. 8&#215;12 inches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img017-586x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2954\" width=\"292\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img017-586x1024.jpg 586w, https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img017-172x300.jpg 172w, https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img017-768x1343.jpg 768w, https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img017.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><figcaption>These two pieces are machine-made and were sold in the tourist shops in Venice for not much money.   Size ca. 2&#215;3&#8243;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February 2019 my husband and I took a fantastic trip to 3 Italian cities: Venice, Florence, &amp; Rome. It was in Venice, our first stop on our adventure, that I found &amp; purchased these lace pieces. The true needlelace pieces were purchased in a shop called Il Merletto, just off the grand San Marcos &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/my-venetian-needle-lace\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My Venetian Needle Lace<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2947"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3160,"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947\/revisions\/3160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}