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Lace is a decorative openwork textile made without the use of pre-existing fabric. Lace can be made by hand or machine. Various techniques can be employed to form lace, each having a distinct category
Valuable old lace, cut and framed for sale in Bruges, Belgium
Square Lace "Sampler," 1800–1825, Brooklyn Museum
Needle lace, showing button hole stitch
Bobbin lace being made on a roller pillow
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.
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…Machine-made lace is any style of lace created or replicated using mechanical means. Needle lace, such as Venetian Gros Point, is made using a needle and thread. Net lace is made using a ready made net which is embellished by hand or machine…
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