aloe lace

A bobbin or tatted lace made from aloe plant (i.e. agave) fibers.

Belgian lace

Belgium lace is a term used for any lace made in Belgium. Originally the term described a bobbin lace worked on a machine-made net. Connected to: bobbin lace

bobbin lace

Bobbin lace is a lace made by using a pillow to hold the pins around which thread is arranged. Other names for bobbin lace are bobbinette lace and pillow lace.

lace

A decorated openwork fabric created by looping, interlacing, braid­ing, or twisting threads. [t is made (either on a background fabric of net or without a background fabric) with a design formed by a net work of threads made by hand or on special lace machines, with bobbins, needles, or hooks. The pattern in lace is usually open and most often floral in design. Machine-made lace is most commonly seen today and many patterns formerly only made by hand, are imi­tated by machine. hace is the traditional bridal fabric, but it is also used for other nonformal clothing such as sports clothes. The fol­lowing entries are some of the major types of lace.

ajour lace

An open lace design with the pattern scattered on the ground.

allover lace

Lace in which the pattern covers the entire fabric, rather than being isolated on one section of background net.

antique lace

A heavy lace made on a square knotted net with de­signs darned onto the net. Machine-made antique lace is often used for curtains. See embroidery and darn.

crocheted lace

Lace made with a single yarn. A crochet hook is used to form loops joined to other loops to form the design.

hairpin lace

A delicate, narrow lace worked over a hairpin or a spe­cial hairpin-shaped, loom-like tool.

Irish lace

The term Irish lace can be used to refer to any lace made in Ireland, but crocheted laces are those most often given the name. Embroidered nets are another type of Irish lace. See crocheted lace.

needlepoint lace

Lace made with a sewing or embroidery needle to form buttonhole stitches as the basis of the design.

Nottingham lace

One of the first of the machine­made laces. It originated in Nottingham, England. Today, the term Nottingham lace is often used for any lace made by any machine.

Renaissance lace

A lace made of woven strips of fabric joined by flat stitches. See Battenberg lace.

Val lace

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Valenciennes lace

A flat babbin lace worked with one hand forming both the background and the design for the lace.

Venetian lace

See Venise lace

Venice lace

See Venise lace

Venise lace

A needlepoint lace usually in a floral pattern connected by picot edgings. It is also called Venice lace and Venetian lace. See picot.

Battenberg lace

A lace similar to Renaissance lace with a pattern formed by tape or braid joined by bars. See Renais­sance lace.

Binche lace

A lace in which hand-made lace motifs are appliqued to a machine-made net ground. The name comes from Binche, a town in Belgium, where the lace is said to have originated.

bobbinet lace

See bobbin lace and pillow lace.

Breton lace

Lace made on open net, usually em­broidered with very heavy, often brightly colored, yarns, Breton is the area in France where the lace is said to have originated.

Brussels lace

Brussels lace may be either a bobbin lace or a needlepointlace.It is usually worked on a machine-made ground and sometimes the designs are appliqued onto the ground. Because of the importance of Brussels, Belgium, in the history of lace-making (many patterns developed there), several different laces are called Brussels lace. See bobbin lace and needlepoint lace.

Cluny lace

A heavy lace, often made of thick cot­ton or man-made fibers using the bobbin method. It is the tradi­tional lace for doilies and place mats, but is also used in apparel. See bobbin lace.

Leaver’s lace

Machine-made lace named for the inventor of the machine on which it is made. Many hand-made lace patterns can be copied on this machine. The term is sometimes used in pref­erence to machine-made lace to imply quality.

placemat

A piece of cloth or other material (often foam-backed plastic) placed on a table between the table and the place setting to protect the table and to decorate it during meals. Placemats are available in a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors.

real lace

Hand-made lace. See lace.

reembroidered lace

Lace with designs outlined in embroidery stitching. See embroidery.

vafenciennes lace

A flat bobbin lace worked with one thread forming both the background and the design for lace.

ajour

An openwork design for lace or embroidery with the pattern scattered.

aloe lace

A bobbin or tatted lace made from aloe plant (i.e. agave) fibers.

Belgian lace

Belgium lace is a term used for any lace made in Belgium. Originally the term described a bobbin lace worked on a machine-made net. Connected to: bobbin lace

block printing

A hand-printing process in which a design is carved on a block of wood or linoleum. Dye is placed on the surface and the block is placed on the fabric, thereby transferring the dye. Every color requires a different block, making this type of printing tedious and expensive. It is now almost entirely limited to the craft field. See printing.

bobbin lace

Bobbin lace is a lace made by using a pillow to hold the pins around which thread is arranged. Other names for bobbin lace are bobbinette lace and pillow lace.

bunting

A loosely woven fabric used primarily for flags and draping. Bunting used in public places must be flameproof. Bunting is also a term used to describe a simple rectangular square of material in which a baby is wrapped for warmth.

China silk

China silk is a lightweight and soft fabric. This plain-weave silk fabric is used for lingerie and soft suits. Nowadays, China silk has been replaced almost completly with lining fabrics of man-made fibers.