
Chalice veil
An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Due to its relatively flat surface, this densely-worked Venetian needle lace is known as point plat. Point plat was believed to have developed as a slightly less time-consuming version of the three-dimensional Venetian needle lace gros point. This particular piece was rearranged into a chalice veil as part of a set of church vestments. This is part of the set 10.186.1, .2, .3, .5 that comprises a chasuble, maniple, stole, and chalice veil.
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art
The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.