given to Honiton
bobbin lace.
_Bone Point Lace._--Applied to laces having no regular
ground or mesh, such as Renaissance.
_Border Lace._--Practically synonymous with edging.
_Bourdon._--A machine lace made of both silk and cotton.
Show scroll-like patterns cable-edged on a regular mesh.
Usually dyed black, but sometimes bleached. The outline
is of a heavy lustrous thread. Used chiefly for dress
trimming and millinery.
_Brettone._--Cheap narrow edging.
_Bride Lace._--Lace with the pattern connected with
brides. Same as bone point lace.
_Brides._--Slender threads connecting different parts of
a pattern.
_Brussels Net._--Plain net made originally in Brussels,
but now produced in all lace manufacturing countries.
_Brussels Pillow._--Fine pillow lace with the patterns
joined together by little loops on their edges.
_Brussels Point._--Shows an open pattern, made partly in
open, partly in closed, stitch, giving the appearance of
shading.
_Carrickmacross._--Tiny Irish cambric drawn work,
applique on net.
_Cartisane._--Guipure or passementerie made with thin
silk or gilt-covered strips of parchment.
_Chantilly._--Pillow lace very similar to blonde. Comes
from Chantilly, France. Made in both silk and cotton and
usually seen in black. Non-lustrous, and looks as if
made from black linen thread.
_Chiffon Lace._--Chiffon embroidered in twist silk.
_Cluny._--Coarse-thread bobbin lace, made in both linen
and cotton. Shows a close-stitch pattern darned on an
open ground. Used for dress trimmings and the
manufacture of curtains.
_Cork Lace._--A sweeping term used to designate all
laces of Irish make.
_Cotton Lace._--All lace made of cotton.
_Craponne._--Cheap, stout thread furniture guipure.
_Crochet Lace._--Any point lace made with the crochet
hook.
_Darned Lace._--A comprehensive term taking in all net
effects with the pattern applied in needlework.
_Devonshire Lace._--Lace made in this part of England,
and especially Honiton imitation.
_Dieppe._--Fine needlepoint lace made in Dieppe, France.
Resembles Valenciennes. Made with a regular ground of
squares of small meshes alternating with open squares
upon which the pattern is applied in close stitch.
_Duchesse._--Pillow lace with fine net g
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