Gemma pretiosa della virtuose donne.
Gemma pretiosa della virtuose donne is a 1625 Italian pattern book for needlework, attributed to Isabella Parasole and Elisabetta Catanea, aimed at women who embroidered and made lace. Its pages are dark-ground woodcut-style plates of reticella lace designs, each titled 'Lavoro a ponto reticella', showing geometric medallions, rosettes, and repeating border bands that a designer could adapt for tiled or bordered patterns.
