Draft:Puncetto Valsesiano
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Puncetto Valsesiano (also called puncetto della Valsesia, punto avorio or simply puncetto) is a type of needle lace originating in Valsesia, in the Piedmont region of Italy, and used for doilies and decorations on handkerchiefs and clothes. The alternative name punto avorio means 'ivory stitch', and is thought to refer to the smooth white appearance of a closely-worked lace. {{cite web |title=Puncetto Valsesiano |url=https://rsnstitchbank.org/stitch/puncetto-valsesiano |website=RSN Stitch Bank |publisher=Royal School of Needlework |access-date=25 March 2025}} It is characterised by symmetrical geometric patterns, especially grids of squares.
File:Directions for making Poncetto lace (1917) (14770565374).jpg
History
The first written reference to puncetto valsesiano, or perhaps a precursor to it, is in a deed from 1685 referring to a handkerchief trimmed with "ponchietto"{{cite web |title=Valsesian "Puncetto" Lace |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/story/valsesian-puncetto-lace-unioncamere/VAVhAJ6H-hQA8A?hl=en |website=Google Arts & Culture Project |publisher=Google |access-date=25 March 2025}}. A seventeenth-century statue of the Madonna in chapel no. 4 at Sacro Monte di Varallo portrays her making lace in what appears to be puncetto valsesiano style.
File:Varallo Sesia, Sacro Monte - Chapel 4 - Dream of Saint Joseph 006.jpg
Technique
Puncetto Valsesiano is worked forwards and backwards on the right side of the work only, usually from bottom to top. {{cite web |last1=Mezzapelle |first1=Caterina |title=Puncetto Valsesiano |url=https://www.arte-ricamo.eu/it/?s=puncetto |website=Arte Ricamo |access-date=26 March 2025}} {{cite web |title=Puncetto Valsesiano |url=https://rsnstitchbank.org/stitch/puncetto-valsesiano |website=RSN Stitch Bank |publisher=Royal School of Needlework |access-date=25 March 2025}} It can be made as a standalone piece, or used as an edging for an existing fabric item.
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See also
- Rizzi, Theresa (1917). Poncetto Lace: Shown for the First time in U.S.A. Valsesia: Theresa Rizzi. [https://archive.org/details/directionsformak00rizz/page/n1/mode/2up Digitised by the Smithsonian Library.]
- [https://intangiblesearch.eu/show_ich_detail.php?db_name=intangible_search&lingua=italiano&idk=ICH-ASE03-0000000430 "Puncetto della Valsesia" listing] on the Inventory of Intangible Patrimony of the Alpine Region (in Italian).
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