Bobbin lace
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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 p
Bobbin lace in progress at the Musée des Ursulines de Québec
Early bobbin lace in gold and silver thread, c. 1570.
Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, page 34. Isabella Parasole
BLW Bobbin lace - detail
Needle lace
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Needle lace is a type of lace created using a needle and thread to create hundreds of small stitches to form the lace itself.
Bobbin lace
…and bone lace, because early bobbins were made of bone or ivory. Bobbin lace is one of the two major categories of handmade laces, the other being needle lace, derived from earlier cutwork and reticella. A will of 1493 by the Milanese Sforza family mentions lace created with twelve bobbins. There are two books…
Needle lace borders from the Ore Mountains of Germany in 1884, displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum
Needle lace, detail
Parchment With Unfinished Needle Lace (England), 17th century (CH 18637569)
Runner (ST557) - Lace-Needle Lace - MoMu Antwerp