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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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