Argentella

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Argentella is a type of needle lace derived from Argentan lace,{{cite book|last=Brooke|first=Margaret L.|title=Lace in the making with bobbins and needle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tF8IAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=29 April 2011|year=1925|publisher=Boni|pages=138}} {{pre-ISBN}}. with a Rosacé ground, a "striking ground of tiny webs."

{{Quote|Argentella: A French needle lace made also at Abbisola in Italy. Developed from Argentan with Rosacé ground.Brooke (1925), p.146.}}

{{Quote|Argentella. A name given to a lace made in Genoa [Italy], but worked much like [the French] Point d'Alençon.Mollett, John William (1883). [https://archive.org/details/illustrateddicti00moll/page/23 An Illustrated Dictionary of Words Used in Art and Archaeology], p.23. London: Gilbert and Rivington, Limited. {{pre-ISBN}}.}}

{{Quote|argentella lace[:] An early, white needlepoint lace made in Italy. Similar to the Alençon lace, but made with flat cordonnet. The patterns are delicate and spread over a net ground with small dots at the corners.Tortora, Phyllis G.; and Johnson, Ingrid (2013). [https://books.google.com/books?id=LTYfAQAAQBAJ&pg=A24 The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles], p.24. 8th edition. A&C Black. {{ISBN|9781609015350}}.}}

{{Quote|Argentella. ...a variant of point d'Alençon, which has a large mesh with a six-sided dot in the centre. This dotted réseau is known as fond de neige, and œil de perdrix, also as réseau rosaceé.Head, R. E. (1922). [https://archive.org/details/laceembroideryco00head/page/247 The Lace & Embroidery Collector], p.49. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company. {{pre-ISBN}}.}}