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2. Trim (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   Elaborate gold metallic lace trim c. 1760–65. Trim or trimming in clothing and home decorating is applied ornament, such as gimp, passementerie, ribbon, ruffles, or, as a verb, to apply such ornament. Before the Industrial Revolution, all trim was made and applied by hand, thus making heavily trimmed furnishings and garments expensive and ...

3. Ruffle (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   Portrait of a woman wearing a heavily ruffled cap, 1789 Mechanical ruffler by Singer, used on domestic sewing machines. In sewing and dressmaking, a ruffle, frill, or furbelow is a strip of fabric, lace or ribbon tightly gathered or pleated on one edge and applied to a garment, bedding, or other textile as a form of trimming.

4. Lace - Wikipedia

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   Valuable old lace, cut and framed for sale in Bruges, Belgium. 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 ...

5. Soutache - Wikipedia

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   Soutache originated in France in the 15th century, and was used to trim clothing for the aristocracy and create jewelry. By the 17th century, it joined other trimmings such as ribbon and lace that were key elements of the fashions of the upper class, in France and beyond. [8]

6. Torchon lace - Wikipedia

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   Torchon lace was used by the middle classes for edging or insertion, and also to trim cotton and linen underwear, where it was ideal because of its strength and because it was inexpensive. [4] Torchon lace was originally made from flax , but cotton is used as well, and has been for a long time.Traditionally it was made in strips 1 to 2 inches ...

7. Carrickmacross lace - Wikipedia

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   Carrickmacross lace is a form of lace that may be described as decorated net. A three-layer 'sandwich' is made consisting of the pattern (at the bottom), covered with, first, machine-made net and then fine muslin , through which the pattern can be seen.

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