Editing Lace (section)

=== Italy ===
Bobbin and needle lace were both being made in Italy early in the 1400s.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book|last=Huetson|first=T. L.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/793392|title=Lace and bobbins; a history and collector's guide|date=1973|publisher=A.S. Barnes|isbn=0-498-01398-7|edition=[1st American ed.]|location=South Brunswick|oclc=793392}}</ref>{{Rp|19}}  Documenting lace in Italy in the 15th century is a list of fine laces from the inventory of [[Beatrice d'Este|Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan]], from 1493.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singleton|first=Esther|title=Lace and Lace Making|publisher=The Mentor|year=1917}}</ref>

==== Venice ====
In Venice, lace making was originally the province of leisured noblewomen, using it as a pastime. Some of the wives of [[Doge of Venice|doges]] also supported lacemaking in the [[Republic of Venice|Republic]]. One, [[Giovanna Malipiero Dandolo]], showed support in 1457 for a law protecting lacemakers. In 1476, the lace trade was seriously affected by a law which disallowed "silver and embroidery on any fabric and the [[Punto in Aria]] of linen threads made with a needle, or gold and silver threads."<ref name=":5" />{{Rp|10}} In 1595, [[Morosina Morosini]], another doge's wife, founded a lace workshop for 130 women.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Jones|first=Ann Rosalind|date=2014|title=Labor and Lace: The Crafts of Giacomo Franco's Habiti delle donne venetiane|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/678268|journal=I Tatti Studies in the Italian Renaissance|volume=17|issue=2|pages=399–425|doi=10.1086/678268|jstor=10.1086/678268|s2cid=192036554|issn=0393-5949|url-access=subscription}}</ref>{{Rp|403}} In the early 1500s, the production of lace became a paid activity, accomplished by young girls working in the houses of noblewomen, creating lace for household use, and in convents. Lace was a popular Venetian export in the 1500s and 1600s, and the demand remained strong in Europe, even when the export of other items exported by Venice during this period slumped.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|406}} The largest and most intricate pieces of Venetian lace became ruffs and collars for members of the nobility and for aristocrats.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|412}}