. A history of hand-made lace : dealing with the origin of lace, the growth of the great lace centres, the mode of manufacture, the methods of distinguishing and the care of various kinds of lace . he thread which it is designed to draw through any textile. GiiL de Perdrix.—A variety of ground sometimes found in old FlemishPoint and Mechlin laces. Open Braid.—One of the stitches used in bobbin^lace-making. Open Cross Bar.—When the barswhich connect the different parts of modernneedle-point lace cross each other they areso-called. Open Dots.—Holes made in bobbinlace in order to lighten any part
. A history of hand-made lace : dealing with the origin of lace, the growth of the great lace centres, the mode of manufacture, the methods of distinguishing and the care of various kinds of lace . he thread which it is designed to draw through any textile. GiiL de Perdrix.—A variety of ground sometimes found in old FlemishPoint and Mechlin laces. Open Braid.—One of the stitches used in bobbin^lace-making. Open Cross Bar.—When the barswhich connect the different parts of modernneedle-point lace cross each other they areso-called. Open Dots.—Holes made in bobbinlace in order to lighten any part of thedesign. Open Fibre.—A kind of bar used inHoniton lace-making to form open centresto various parts of the pattern, such as theopen work in the centres of leaves. Open Work.—A word applied in-differently to embroidery, lace-making,knitting, netting, cut-work, and crochet, andsignifying the interstices between theseveral portions of close work. Opus.—The ancient name for a workof any kind. Orphrey. —The broad band or clavithat adorns the priests alb; it was usedalso to border the robes of knights. Orris.—A corruption of Arras. The term is used now to denote galloon for. Picots used to enrich Needle-point Lace. GLOSSARY. 215 upholstering purposes. In the eighteenth century it was applied to laces wovenin gold and silver. Ouvrage.—French term for work. Pall.—The covering of a coffin. Parament or Parement.—A cuff sewn upon the outside of a sleeve. Parfilage or Ravellings.—Work fashionable in the eighteenth century,especially at the Court of Marie Antoinette. The object of the work was toobtain from old and tarnished gold laces, braids, and sword knots the valuablemetal threads woven into them, to sell to the gold-beaters. Parure.— A French term denoting a set of collar and cuffs. Passement.— Until the seventeenth century, laces, braids and gimps werecalled Passements a r Aiguille ; bobbin laces, Passements au Fuseaux ; and laceswith indented edges
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