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	LACE - LoveToKnow Article on LACE
		Before that period lace described such articles as cords and narrow braids of plaited and twisted threads, used not only to fasten shoes sleeves and corsets together, but also in a decorative manner tc braid the hair, to wind round hats, and to be sewn as trimmings upon costumes.
		In the 18th century good lace was made in Devonshire, but it is only in recent years that to some extent the hand lace-makers of England and Ireland have become impressed with the necessity of well-considered designs for their work.
		The industry at Argentan was virtually an offshoot of that nurtured at Alencon, where lacis, cut work and vlin (work on parchment) had been made for years before the well-developed needle-made ~oint dAlenon came into vogue under the favoring patronage of the stateaided lace company mentioned as having been formed in 1665.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LA/LACE.htm (8214 words)

	Lace-making - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Needle Lace borders from the Erzgebirge mountains Germany in 1884, displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
		Cutwork, or whitework, is lace which is constructed by removing threads from a woven background, and the remaining threads wrapped or filled with embroidery.
		Knitted lace includes Shetland lace, such as the "wedding ring shawl", a lace shawl so fine that it can be pulled through a wedding ring.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lace (387 words)

	Lace
		The pattern of Mechlin lace is emphasized by an outline of thicker thread.
		This was a cheaper substitute for net-ground bobbin lace used in the late 19th century.
		A bobbin lace in imitation of needle lace patterns, from Brugge in Belgium.
	www.marquise.de /en/themes/spitze/index.shtml (625 words)

	ORNE - LoveToKnow Article on ORNE
		Geologically there are two distirict regions; to the west of the Orne and the railway from Argentan to Alencon lie primitive rocks connected with those of Brittany; to the east begin the Jurassic and Cretaceous formations of Normandy.
		The latter district is agriculturally the richest part of the department; in the former the poverty of the soil has led the inhabitants to seek their subsistence from industrial pursuits.
		A large number of lean ~attle are bought in the neighboring departments to be attened; the farms in the vicinity of Vimoutiers, on the borders)f Calvados, produce the famous Camembert cheese, and others ~xccllent butter.
	85.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OR/ORNE.htm (800 words)

	The Best Known Varieties Of Laces
		This lace is sometimes confused with tambour, which is made by working a design in chain stitch on a machine-made net, or with run-work which is made by running a thread back and forth on the net to form a design.
		Bayeux—Two varieties of lace are known by this name; the one a pillow lace made at Bayeux, in Normandy, particularly the variety made in imitaton of Rose Point; the other is a fl silk lace, popular because it is made in unusually large pieces.
		It is a bobbin lace of filmy flowers (the favorite being the rose and the carnation) and ornaments outlined with a narrow flat band or cord, on a fine net hexagonal or round mesh resembling Brussels pillow lace.
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	Antique Lace
		Lace was once studied eagerly and extensively, but today only comparatively few collectors take notice of it.
		Hand-made lace is divided into two distinct types: that made with the needle, known as needlepoint; and that made with bobbins on a cushion, known as pillow.
		Lace was made also in Ireland, principally in the nineteenth century.
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	Hand Made Laces
		In hand-made lace, the two principal classes are needle-point and bobbin, or pillow lace.
		The latter name is unfortunate because hand-made lace of all kinds is supported on a pillow, no matter if the maker uses her needle, plies the bobbins, or simply knots the thread with her fingers.
		In Point lace loose threads are laid upon previously drawn patterns, the threads having no point of contact with one another and no coherency until the needlework joins them together.
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	Needle Point Lace
		Lace of this latter class was used for altar cloths, flounces, jabots or neck cloths which hung beneath the chin over the breast, as well as for trimming the turned over tops of jack boots.
		The industry at Argentan was virtually an offshoot of that nurtured at Alencon, where lacis cut work and had been made for years before the well developed needle made point d’Alençon came into vogue under the favoring patronage of the state aided lace company mentioned as having been formed in 1665.
		Brussels needlepoint lace is often worked with meshed grounds made on a pillow, and a plain thread is used as a cordonnet for their patterns instead of a thread overcast with buttonhole stitches as in the French needlepoint laces.
	www.2020site.org /lace/needlepointlace.html (1088 words)

	Textile Library Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A lace in which the lace motifs are appliquéd to a machine made net ground.
		A bobbin lace on a fine net ground characterized by delicate motifs of scrolls, vines, branches, and flowers outlined by a flat (cordonnet) yarn.
		Lace handmade with a crochet hook usually medallion patterns on a mesh ground.
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	Bobbin Lace in the 16th Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		All the famous laces in history - Mechlin, Binche, Argentan, Point de France, Point de Angletaire, etc - are of two main kinds, bobbin lace and needle lace.
		Needle lace evolved naturally from cutwork embroidery, specifically Reticella, but the origins of bobbin lace have been the subject of scholarly debate for hundreds of years.
		Bobbin lace was first used more as a trim (a passementerie), stitched flat to the fabric like braid, rather than hanging free like the edging of a ruff.
	www.arachne.com /bobbin_history.html (143 words)

	Collector Cafe - Register
		The wearing of lace was in vogue from the 16th to the late 19th century, but handmade lace gave way to machine-made lace from about 1840 onwards.
		The quality of lace declined in the 19th century as more and more of it was produced by machine, although there was also some excellent applique, tambour and net embroidery which is worth looking for.
		Lace is collectable in small pieces by the yard or metre, but complete articles are worth a premium and range from cap-lappets, collars, cuffs and ruffs to caps, aprons, bridal veils, babies' robes and christening shawls.
	www.collectorcafe.com /article_archive.asp?article=360&id=165 (433 words)

	Haute Couture Jargon
		aglet, aiglet: metal tag of a lace (formerly called point), intended primarily to make it easier to thread through the eyelet-holes, but afterwards also as an ornament to the pendent ends; ornament of gold or silver tag or pendant attached to a fringe; extended to any metallic stud, plate, or spangle worn on a dress.
		Argentan lace: Argentan, Normandy, France; resembles Alencon lace but has larger hexagonal net background.
		lace; appliqué work, in which the pattern is cut out and sewed upon the ground.
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	LIBRARY PAGES - LACE - ODDITIES ANTIQUES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Collectors of lace and related tools have a wide variety to choose form as it originated in the 16th century.
		There are all different types of lace some is made with needle and thread, others are made using a number of threads wound on bobbins and a third type is embroidered on to net.
		Other items for collection are the lace pillows, parchment patterns, original lace linen thread, bobbin bags and boxes, pillow horses or maids, lace brass pins, strivers, bobbin winders, candle stools and flasks, lamps, lace makers books and patterns, scissors and postcards depicting lace makers.
	www.odditiesantiques.com /lace.html (243 words)

	Glossary - a/b
		Allover lace: general term for a wide lace in which the pattern covers the full width of the fabric.
		Argentan lace: a needlepoint lace on a net ground similar to alencon lace but on a larger net and without the cordonnet outline thread of alencon.
		Binche lace: A lace in which the lace motifs are appliquéd to a machine made net ground.
	www.paoli.it /eng/supporto/glossario.htm (1541 words)

	The House of Laces and the Point of Argentan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The House of Laces and the Point of Argentan is on the " Road of the Lace " to Argentan in the Orne.
		With the needle-point lace, the needle draws exactly the outline of the wished drawing, then it is necessary to perform every motive with more or less aerated points.
		The point of Argentan is a lace executed in the needle with linen threads extrêment fine.
	www.dentellieres.com /Musee/Argentan/Lace-argentan1.htm (253 words)

	Argentan lace -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Argentan lace from Argentan, France, mid-18th century; in the Institut Royal du Patrimoine …
		The dividing line between lace and embroidery, which is an ornamentation added to an already completed fabric, is not easy to draw; a number of laces, such as Limerick and filet lace, can be called forms of embroidery upon a more or less open fabric.
		Bobbin lace is made with a number of threads, each fastened to an elongated spool (bobbin).
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?eu=9478 (811 words)

	visits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It was, however, fascinating to see the real thing, because one was able to establish from the mass of loose ends on the lace she had been making what a large number of extra threads had been added-in to make the half stitch motifs stand out against the ground.
		The most fascinating parts of the museum, to me, were a painting of a rural celebration, in which the home towns of the participants wearing lace-trimmed bonnets could be identified by the bonnet shapes, and the room on candle-making, truly a monumental and wonderful art.
		I’d read the book, from the Lace Guild library, the previous week, but even good photographs do not do justice to the real thing: the coloured lace is gorgeous, but the silver and gold lace is quite magnificent, as sparkling as on the day it was created.
	www.lace.nildram.co.uk /html/visits.htm (1229 words)

	The Shawl:An Article of Dress
		It is as fine as lace, and the patterns as elaborate.
		Fashionable lace shawls evolved in the 1850s and the 1860s from a flounced shawl to a square and half-square single layer shawl.
		The flounced shawl with layers of lace surrounding a silk, cotton or wool base was illustrated in fashion images through the 1850s for day wear.
	www.geocities.com /shadowofthesundial/shawls.html (5796 words)

	See Alençon Lace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lace is present in Alençon's history, culture and architecture.
		Alençon has dedicated three places to its magnificent lace: the Alençon Museum of Fine Arts and Lace, the Museum of Alençon Lace (the old lace-making school), and the National Alençon Lace Workshop where the lace-makers work.
		There is a complete overview of the history of lace: needle lace from Alençon, Argentan and Venice, and bobbin lace from Bruges, Brussels, le Puy and Valenciennes, and machine-made Chantilly lace.
	www.ville-alencon.fr /dentelle/anglais/howtoseealenconlace.htm (637 words)

	Information France - Region Name: Maps, Accommodation, Hotels, Restaurants, Events, Property,
		South of Normandy is the department of the Orne, with its well kept rural landscape of forests and meadows (one in five of the population of Normandy is involved in farming).
		Famous for its studs, especially the national stud, Haras du Pin near Argentan, referred to as the ‘Versailles of the horse world’ by the author, La Varende and visited by Queen Elizabeth, a keen horsewoman, some years ago, the department offers a wealth of activities for horse enthusiasts.
		An exhibition of Argentan lace can be seen at the Benedictine Abbey whilst Château d’O, is set in the midst of a pond in a forest nearby and Château Sassy has an impressive French garden (near Saint-Christophe Le Jajolet).
	www.informationfrance.com /disp_dept.php?dept_id=61 (389 words)

	CD-ROM 2
		Lace and Its Development, Part II: Venetian Point and Genoese Bobbin Lace, Antiques, Vol.
		Lace and Its Development, Part III: Venetian Point and Punto de Milano, Antiques, Vol.
		Lace of the Vandyke Period, The Connoisseur, Vol.
	www.cs.arizona.edu /patterns/weaving/lcd02.html (1029 words)

	lace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Argentan needle lace production flourished in 17th and 18th century France; completely dying out by the end of the 18th century.
		During those times only the aristocracy and very wealthy could afford this quality of lace.
		An identifying characteristic of Argentan lace is its unique button hole worked mesh.
	www.antique-lace.com /Laces&textiles/2096/2096.htm (49 words)

	BeautifulLeg: Argentan Lace
		French �Point D'argentan, � lace made at the French town of Argentan from the 17th century, when Louis XIV's minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert founded the lace industry.
		Characteristic of this lace is a net background consisting of a large hexagonal mesh, the six sides of which are worked over with buttonhole stitching.
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	beautifulleg.blogspot.com /2004/11/argentan-lace.html (78 words)

	Search Results for Argentan - Encyclopædia Britannica
		lace made at the French town of Argentan from the 17th century, when Louis XIV's minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert founded the lace industry.
		Characteristic of this lace is a net background consisting...
		The German Army high command had long been expecting an Allied invasion of northern France but had no means of knowing where precisely the stroke would come: while Rundstedt, commander in chief in...
	www.britannica.com /search?query=Argentan&ct=&fuzzy=N (236 words)

	Books: Bobbin Lace & Lacemaking
		This exciting new title is a result of a lace collection found in 2002 that included 700 lace samples dating back to the 18th century.
		The are no corresponding pictures of the lace to accompany this book, but the patterns are to die for and are at an intermediate/ to advanced level.
		An account of 'Lace and Lacemaking in Northamptonshire' which was the basis for the 1999 exhibition of the same name.
	www.vansciverbobbinlace.com /1Books.html (5439 words)

	The museum of the Arts and the Lace 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The museum of the Arts and the Lace 1
		You will discover to it, in two very halls, a lace multitude quite more beautiful the some than the others: needle-point laces (rose point, France, Alençon and of Argentan, Brussels....) bobbin laces (Valenciennes, Brussels, Chantilly, Flanders, Le Puy, Brugge...).
		I present you a quite small sample, just for giving you the envy to visit it.
	www.dentellieres.com /Musee/Alencon/Lace-alencon1.htm (185 words)

	UK Auctioneers - Online catalogue of antique auction houses in the UK
		Venetian lace-makers established the Alençon lace factory in north-west France in 1675.
		A form of French needlepoint lace, typically showing flowers on a hexagonal backround and first made in the late 17thC.
		Arras porcelain factory produced noted tableware, 1770-90, and Arras lace, pure white and gold, was sought after in the 17th to 19th centuries.
	www.ukauctioneers.com /Glossary.aspx?letter=a (5490 words)

	Lace in Argentan 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		You can discover, on both floors of this museum, the other lace techniques such as this crop.
		Then produce you to The House of Laces and the Point of Argentan.
		The House of Lace and Argentan point was closed in 2003
	www.dentellieres.com /Musee/Argentan/Lace-argentan2.htm (125 words)

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