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round with the patterns in raised work, volants, and the like. _Dutch Lace._--Practically a coarse Valenciennes. _English Point._--See Angleterre. _Escurial._--Heavy silk lace made in imitation of Rose point. Patterns outlined with cable edge. _Esprit (Point d')._--Dotted bobbinet with the dots either singly or in clusters. _Filet Lace._--Any lace made with a square mesh net. _Flemish Point._--Needlepoint lace made in Flanders. _Footing._--Simple insertion of Brussels net from one to three inches in width. _Galloon._--Irregular band with a fancy edge. Entire piece often in zigzag or scallop form. _Gaze (Point de)._--Flemish point lace resembling point d'Alencon, though much softer, being without horsehair. _Gene (Point de)._--Openwork embroidery made on a wool ground which is afterwards eaten away by acid. _Genoa._--Heavy lace made of aloe fiber. Another name for macrame. _Gimp._--See Guipure. _Gold Lace._--Gimp or braid covered with gold or imitation gold thread. _Grammont._--White pillow lace used for shawls and the like. Black silk lace nearly resembling blonde. _Guipure._--Fancy trimming of wire cord whipped round with silk or cotton threads, and the small patterns stitched together. _Guipure d'Art._--Linen net upon which raised intersecting patterns are worked. _Guipure de Flanders._--A pillow lace made separately, having flowers connected by bars and brides. _Hand Embroidered._--Heavy point lace, usually of Plauen manufacture, with fancy floral or other figures embroidered on the design. _Honiton._--English bobbin lace, famed for the beauty of its designs. Named for the city where it was first manufactured. Now made in Belgium, Holland, and France. Sprays sometimes made separately, and then worked on a net--Honiton applique. _Honiton Braid._--Narrow machine-made braid of ornamental oval figures connected by narrow bars. Used for collars, handkerchiefs, and tidies. _Honiton Guipure._--Large flower-pattern lace on very open ground, the sprays held together with brides or bars. _Imitation Lace._--A term used to designate any machine-made lace in contrast with hand-made. _Insertion._--Any narrow lace with a plain edge on either side that admits of its being inserted in
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