In sewing and dressmaking, a ruffle, frill, or furbelow is a strip of fabric, lace or ribbon tightly gathered or pleated on one edge and applied to a garment, bedding, or other textile as a form of tr
Portrait of a woman wearing a heavily ruffled cap, 1789
Mechanical ruffler by Singer, used on domestic sewing machines
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
Ruffle (sewing)
…In sewing and dressmaking, a ruffle, frill, or furbelow is a strip of fabric, lace or ribbon tightly gathered or pleated on one edge and applied to a garment, bedding, or other textile as a form of trimming. Ruffles can be made from…
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