Buratto

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Embroidered Buratto, 16C, Florence
Italy, 16th century - Chalice Veil with Monogram of Christ - 1920.1156 - Cleveland Museum of Art

Buratto is an Italian needle lace made by darning on a net. It is quite similar in appearance to filet lace but with one important distinction—it is darned onto a woven net, rather than the knotted net used for filet. Buratto tends to also be heavier in appearance due to the woven nature of the netting used[1]

Band (Italy), 16th–17th century (CH 18457193)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pat Earnshaw. Identification of Lace. Shire Publications. ISBN 0-85263-484-6.