Guipure lace is a type of bobbin lace. It connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh.
Guipure is a French word. It used to describe lace which has a gimp or thicker thread to outline the pattern, but this is no longer used.[1]
Genoese lace was a guipure lace.[2] Genoese lacemakers went to Malta to found the style of Maltese lace.[3] This later inspired the style of English lace known as Bedfordshire lace.[4]
Another guipure lace is Cluny lace, which originated in France,[5] but spread elsewhere, such as the English lacemaking areas.[6]
References
edit- ^ Elizabeth Mincoffr (1981). Pillow Lace. Ruth Bean. ISBN 0-903585-10-3.
- ^ Leader, Jean E. "Bobbin Lace: Genoese, Milanese, Cantú". Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Maltese Crafts". VassaloMalta. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ Mrs. Bury Palliser (January 1984). History of Lace. Dover Publications, Inc. p. 392. ISBN 0-486-24742-2.
- ^ Leader, Jean E. "Bobbin Lace: France". Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ Pat Earnshaw (1980). The Identification of Lace. Shire Publications. p. 107. ISBN 0-85263-484-6.
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