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Weaving > Lace > Bobin Lace
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Bobin Lace  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Latin "lace" meaning a noose, and the Anglo-Norman "lac, lasse". An open-work fabric and ornamental textile consisting of a network of threads formed into a design without the aid of a ground fabric, what differs from embroidery.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2014; Segal, William. Encyclopedia of Textiles. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1972; Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989; Phipps, Elena. Looking at Textiles. A guide to technical terms. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2011
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Dentelle au fuseau (technique)

French

Pizzo

Italian

merletto
Encaje (tejido)

Spanish

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