Cluny lace is a
bobbin lace style, worked as a continuous piece. It is a heavy plaited lace of geometric design, often with radiating thin, pointed wheatears (closely woven leaves).
It is a
guipure style of lace.
History
Cluny lace originated in
France
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. It appeared in the nineteenth century in Le Puy and
Mirecourt
Mirecourt () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Mirecourt is known for lace-making and the manufacture of musical instruments, particularly those of the Violin family. Inhabitants are called Mirecurtiens.
...
in
Lorraine
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, reputedly using designs from the Museum of Antiquities at the Hotel Cluny,
Paris
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.
Cluny lace was also made in the English Midland lacemaking areas.
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{{lace types
Bobbin lace
Textile arts of England