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    Genoese lace is bobbin lace from Genoa. It is a guipure style of lace. Bobbin lacemaking in Italy dates back to the 16th century when the main centres...
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    Guipure (redirect from Guipure lace)
    Genoese lace was a guipure lace. Genoese lacemakers went to Malta to found the style of Maltese lace. This later inspired the style of English lace known...
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    lace – often has the 8 pointed Maltese cross as part of the pattern Yak lace – made of wool Cantu Lace—also called Venetian Pointe lace Genoese lace –...
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    often full of tapestries, many of which were Flemish. Famous is the Genoese lace called with its name of Turkish origin macramè. Very used in Genoa is...
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    introduction that the Maltese lace developed its own style from Genoese lace. Maltese lace was shown at The Great Exhibition of 1851 and it became popular...
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    During the Republic of Genoa, Genoese merchants and sailors exported this cloth throughout Europe. The production of Genoese lace was also notable. The collapse...
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    Armenian needlelace (also known as Bebilla, Nazareth Lace and Knotted Lace) is a pure form of needle lace made using only a needle, thread and pair of scissors...
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    Alençon lace (UK: /ˈælənsɒn, æˈlɒ̃sɒ̃/, US: /əˈlɛnsɒn, -sən/) or point d'Alençon (French: [pwɛ̃ dalɑ̃sɔ̃]) is a needle lace that originated in Alençon...
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    Metal lace describes a type of lace made from metal or metallic threads, such as gold, silver, or copper. The designs can be worked on a textile ground...
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    allowed the Christian Genoese to settle in Crimea after his accession, but the Mongols sacked their outpost Sudak in 1322 when the Genoese clashed with the...
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    (Spanish pronunciation: [ɟʝaˈnito]) is a form of Andalusian Spanish heavily laced with words from English and other languages, such as Ligurian; it is spoken...
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  • Argentella (redirect from Burano lace)
    type of needle lace derived from Argentan lace, with a Rosacé ground, a "striking ground of tiny webs." Argentella: A French needle lace made also at Abbisola...
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    capital that soon took over the banking of Bruges. The building where the Genoese Republic housed its commercial representation in the city still survives...
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    Kholop Prague slave trade Serfs History In Russia Emancipation Thrall Genoese slave trade Venetian slave trade Balkan slave trade Muslim world Slavery...
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    after having risked complete collapse during the War of Chioggia (with the Genoese army and fleet in the lagoon for a long period), Venice quickly managed...
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    Mediterranean Sea. It found a new niche in luxury items like ceramics, glassware, lace and silk as well as experiencing a temporary rebirth in the woolen industry...
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  • Antoniotto Usodimare or Usus di Mare (1416–1462) was a Genoese trader and explorer in the service of the Portuguese Prince Henry the Navigator. Jointly...
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    Venetian, Genoese and Dutch merchants. Catanzaro became the lace capital of Europe with a large silkworm breeding facility that produced all the laces and linens...
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    cross, but not necessarily. Genoese-style leafwork is an essential component of the traditional designs. Nowadays, Malta lace is usually worked on ivory-coloured...
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    age. There were pageants with music and speeches. At Fenchurch Street, Genoese merchants staged a welcome salutation given by a young actor portraying...
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    London, described him in a letter to the Spanish Crown in 1498 as "another Genoese like Columbus". John Cabot's son, Sebastian, said his father originally...
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    wearing what appears to be sheepskin cloaks over their tunics and high-laced boots, equipment necessary for pastoral work in the plateaus where winters...
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    Izmaila" Генуэзские колонии в Одесской области – Бизнес-портал Измаила [Genoese colonies in the Odesa region – Izmail's business portal] (in Russian)....
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    the number of gravesites along the way. At 1520 the Genoese controlled the port of Panama. The Genoese obtained a concession from the Spanish to exploit...
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    assembled in factories. Fancy Valentines were made with real lace and ribbons, with paper lace introduced in the mid-19th century. In 1835, 60,000 Valentine...
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    point for gold and silver headed back to Spain through the Isthmus. The Genoese-Italians and the Spanish encountered coconuts from the Philippines which...
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    Semino, a painter of Genoese origin, before arriving in Milan to execute the decorations of the Marino Palace trained on the Genoese background of Perino...
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  • probably) A cake made with sultanas, raisins, and glacé cherries. Genoise (Genoese cake) Italy (Genoa, probably) A sponge cake made with a whole egg. German...
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    Later he conducted several raids on Spanish coasts, and vanquished the Genoese fleet of Andrea Doria in Cherchell. He also rescued over 70.000 Andalusian...
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    a large market fair to Spanish, Venetian, Genoese, Florentine and Dutch merchants. Catanzaro became the lace capital of Europe with a large silkworm breeding...
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