Lace Its Origin and History Real Point de Paris

Border (ST51) - Lace-Bobbin Lace - MoMu Antwerp

Point de Paris is a French

bobbin lace Bobbin lace is a lace textile made by braiding and twisting lengths of thread, which are wound on bobbins to manage them. As the work progresses, the weaving is held in place with pins set in a lace pillow, the placement of the pins usually de ...

of the 18th century, with slender trailing designs in a point de Paris ground. It was a simple lace, and did not compete with those of Flanders. It was revived in the late 19th century for trimming

lingerie Lingerie (, , ) is a category of primarily women's clothing including undergarments (mainly brassieres), sleepwear, and lightweight robes. The choice of the word is often motivated by an intention to imply that the garments are alluring, fashio ...

and 'fancy linen'. Point de Paris ground is used in other lace styles as well. It has many other names: * six-point star - from the shape * ''fond chant'' - it formed the ground of 19th-century

Chantilly lace Chantilly lace is a handmade bobbin lace named after the city of Chantilly,"Chantilly" ''The Oxford English Dictionary''. 2nd ed. 1989. France, in a tradition dating from the 17th century. The famous silk laces were introduced in the 18th cent ...

) * ''fond double'' * Kat stitch - there was a tradition that Catherine of Aragorn started the tradition of

Bedfordshire lace Bedfordshire lace is a style of bobbin lace originating from Bedfordshire in the 19th century, and made in the English Midlands lacemaking area. It was worked as a continuous width on a bolster pillow. It is a guipure style of lace. History of ...

* French ground - it was used in 18th century French peasant lace * wire ground - the intertwining of the threads looks like a wire mesh It is also found in

Antwerp lace Antwerp lace is a bobbin lace distinguished by stylized flower pot motifs on a six point star ground. It originated in Antwerp, where in the 17th century an estimated 50% of the population of Antwerp was involved in lace making. Antwerp lace is al ...

and Bucks Point.

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