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Definition of Bobbin lace
1. Noun. A handmade lace worked on a pillow with threads wound on bobbins; the pattern is marked out on the pillow by pins.
Generic synonyms: Lace
Specialized synonyms: Valenciennes, Valenciennes Lace
Definition of Bobbin lace
1. Noun. A form of hand-made lace in which the thread is wound around bobbins on a padded cushion; pillow lace ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bobbin Lace
Literary usage of Bobbin lace
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Lace: A Handbook for Collectors; an Account of the Different Styles of by Margaret Jourdain (1908)
"KNOTTED FRINGES—EARLY bobbin lace (MERI.KTTI A PIOMBINI)— EARLY GENOESE LACE.
... The earliest bobbin lace appears in the form of twisted or plaited thread ..."
2. Textiles for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools: Also Adapted by William Henry Dooley (1914)
"Coarse bobbin lace made in Belgium and France as well as Arabia. ... Very strong,
inexpensive, white bobbin lace, of simple pattern, somewhat resembling ..."
3. Dictionary of Textiles by Louis Harmuth (1915)
"Point D' Angleterre—Originated in England as bobbin -lace, improved upon by Flemish
... Point Campan—Narrow French bobbin lace edging of the 17th century. ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"FLOUNCE or GENOESE bobbin lace XVI Century, Pollen Collection, ... There are
three chief ways of making bobbin-lace, (i) Early or peasant ..."
5. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1905)
"DUTCH bobbin lace SEVENTEENTH CENTURY laces made outside the walls of Valenciennes
... DUTCH bobbin lace inches without detaching the lace from the pillow, ..."
6. Textiles for Commercial, Industrial, Evening, and Domestic Arts Schools Also by William Henry Dooley (1910)
"Coarse bobbin lace made in Belgium and France as well as Arabia. ... So called,
being originally a bobbin lace made of unbleached silk, though now shown in ..."
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