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cutwork lace. — See point coupé (def. 2) … Useful english dictionary
Cutwork — frill on a cotton petticoat. Cutwork or cut work is a needlework technique in which portions of a textile are cut away and the resulting hole is reinforced and filled with embroidery or needle lace. Cutwork is a related to drawn thread work. In… … Wikipedia
Lace — is an openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand. The holes can be formed via removal of threads or cloth from a previously woven fabric, but more often open spaces are created as part of the lace fabric.… … Wikipedia
Cutwork — Cut work (k[u^]t w[^u]rk ), n. (Fine Arts) An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lace — lacelike, adj. lacer, n. /lays/, n., v., laced, lacing. n. 1. a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine. 2. a cord or string for holding or drawing together, as when passed through holes in opposite edges. 3. ornamental cord… … Universalium
cutwork — /kut werrk /, n. 1. openwork embroidery in which the ground fabric is cut out about the pattern. 2. fretwork formed by perforation or cut in low relief. 3. ornamental needlework in which spaces are cut from a ground material into which are… … Universalium
lace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cord, lacing; braid; openwork, network. See ornament. v. t. weave, twine; interlace; bind, tie; flavor, mix, spike; informal, whip, lash. See mixture, crossing, punishment. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… … English dictionary for students
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 determined by a… … Wikipedia
Needle lace — borders from the Erzgebirge mountains Germany in 1884, displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum … Wikipedia
Chantilly lace — This article is about the type of lace. For the song, see Chantilly Lace (song). For the film, see Chantilly Lace (film) … Wikipedia
