Tuscans. (Fig. 24.) [Illustration: Fig. 23. GROS POINT DE VENISE.--From the Collar of a Venetian Nobleman. Musée de Cluny, Paris. 16th century. N.B.--This drawing makes the work and design appear heavier than it is in reality. _To face page 52._] {53}This Tuscan sort was not generally embroidered; the pattern consists in knitting the meshes together in different shapes. It was much used for hangings of beds, and those curtains placed across the windows, called _stores_ by the French, and by the Italians, _stuora_.[179]