Ornamento nobile...Fatta da Lucretia Romana (Libro V of the Corona), page 9 (recto) 1620

This woodcut print from Cesare Vecellio's *Corona* depicts a detailed design for a geometric lace pattern, known as *punto in aria*. The work is from the fifth book of the *Corona*, dedicated to "noble ornaments" created by Lucretia Romana, a famous Venetian lace maker. This example features a triangular shape with an intricate repeating pattern of interlocking circles and squares filled with various star-shaped and floral motifs. Vecellio's *Corona* was a highly influential book that disseminated knowledge of Venetian lace-making throughout Europe.