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Definition of Gros point
1. Noun. A needlepoint stitch covering two horizontal and two vertical threads.
2. Noun. Needlepoint embroidery done with large stitches.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gros Point
Literary usage of Gros point
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1905)
"The raised points are divided into gros point de Venise, ... gros point de Venise,
which was elaborated from 1620-50, and which was designed to lie flat and ..."
2. The Lace Book by N. Hudson Moore (1905)
"The splendid gorget ruffs of Punto Gotico were succeeded by the square collar
bands and edgings, or by the collar wholly composed of the costly gros point ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Sacrament, the vine, ears of corn, etc. In the same place is a splendid altar-frontal
of seventeenth- century gros point de Venise. Fio в. ..."
4. Old Lace: A Handbook for Collectors; an Account of the Different Styles of by Margaret Jourdain (1908)
"The raised points are divided into gros point de Venise, ... gros point de Venise,
which was elaborated from 1620-50, and which was designed to lie flat and ..."
5. The Lace Dictionary by Chandler Robbins Clifford (1913)
"gros point. Venetian point lace (which see) is divided into two classifications,
gros point and Rose Point, gros point being the heavier form, with details ..."
6. De Luxe Illustrated Catalogue of the Extensive and Very Valuable Artistic ...by Luigi Orselli, Horace Townsend, American Art Association by Luigi Orselli, Horace Townsend, American Art Association (1921)
"Length, 20 inches; width, 16% inches. 563—PAIR OF gros point ... gros point
embroidered, in light-colored ..."
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