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This whitework linen-thread embroidery on delicate linen is an example of the so-called Dresden lace or point de saxe. This name was coined in the early 20th century, as whitework was associated with a type of lace popular in the first half of the 18th century, with elaborate floral motifs on a decorative background filled with fine ornaments. This characteristic type of whitework developed in Saxony in the 18th century.

This whitework linen-thread embroidery on delicate linen is an example of the so-called Dresden lace or point de saxe. This name was coined in the early 20th century, as whitework was associated with a type of lace popular in the first half of the 18th century, with elaborate floral motifs on a decorative background filled with fine ornaments. This characteristic type of whitework developed in Saxony in the 18th century.