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Lace is a delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern, [1] made by machine or by hand. Generally, lace is split into two main categories, needlelace and bobbin lace, [2]: 122 although there are other types of lace, such as knitted or crocheted lace. Other laces such as these are considered as a category of their specific ...
Greek lace was first made from 1480 to 1620, the designs being always a rigid geometrical type. Greek Lace was used in large quantities for the decoration of ecclesiastical vestments and cere cloths. The earliest types of Greek lace were created by straight lines buttoned over in repetition.
Point de Gaze lace handkerchief, 19th century Flanders. Point de Gaze is a type of needlepoint lace that originated in the area of Brussels, Belgium. It was constructed from the middle of the 19th century until approximately the start of World War I in 1914 [5]: 149 or until the 1930s. [4]
Etymology [ edit ] Doiley was a 17th-century London draper , [ 1 ] who made popular "a woolen stuff, 'at once cheap and genteel', introduced for summer wear in the latter part of the 17th c." [ 2 ] [ 3 ] At the time, it was used as an adjective, as in "doily stuffs" or "doily suit".
Limerick lace (also known as Tambour lace, because of its manner of manufacture) became well known from the 1830s onwards. following the establishment of a lace-making factory in the city by an English businessman, Charles Walker, a native of Oxfordshire. In 1829, he brought over 24 girls to teach lacemaking in Limerick, drawn to the area by ...
In the 17th century, the Duchesse de Longueville organised the manufacture of lace at Chantilly. [2] It has been produced from then until the present day. [3] It became popular because of the duchesse's patronage and Chantilly's proximity to Paris [2] and came into fashion again during the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI; [7] it was a special favorite of Louis XV's last mistress, Mme du Barry ...
Bobbin lace may be made with coarse or fine threads. Traditionally it was made with linen, silk, wool, or, later, cotton threads, or with precious metals. Bess of Hardwick bought red silk, gold, and silver thread for making "bone lace" in 1549, the earliest English reference to this kind of work. [13]
The Queen is shown wearing a dress trimmed with Alençon lace. Alençon lace (UK: / ˈ æ l ən s ɒ n, æ ˈ l ɒ̃ s ɒ̃ /, [1] US: / ə ˈ l ɛ n s ɒ n,-s ən /) [2] [3] or point d'Alençon (French: [pwɛ̃ dalɑ̃sɔ̃]) is a needle lace that originated in Alençon, France. It is sometimes called the "Queen of lace."