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 ma
chine-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, inter
lacing, 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 ma
chines, with bobbins, needles, or hooks. The pattern in lace is usually open and most often floral in design. Ma
chine-made lace is most commonly seen today and many patterns formerly only made by hand, are imitated by ma
chine. 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. Ma
chine-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 ma
chinemade
laces. It originated in Nottingham, England. Today, the term Nottingham
lace is often used for any
lace made by any ma
chine.
Renaissance lace
A
lace made of woven strips of fabric joined by flat stitches. See Battenberg
lace.
Val lace
See Valenciennes
lace.[1][1]See Venise
lace. The name for the liquid form of natural or man-made
rubber. It
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 ma
chine-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 ma
chine-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
Ma
chine-made
lace named for the inventor of the ma
chine on which it is made. Many hand-made
lace patterns can be copied on this ma
chine. The term is sometimes used in preference to ma
chine-made
lace to imply quality.
placemat
A piece of cloth or other
material (often foam-backed plastic) p
laced on a table between the table and the p
lace setting to protect the table and to decorate it during meals. P
lacemats 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 ma
chine-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.