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Blonde lace
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Definition
A complete explanation of the intended meaning of a concept- n. From the French "blonde", meaning the raw silk colour, ochre. It has that colour because it un unbleached. It consists of a bobbin lace with varying sizes of threads or yarns that was creamy or fair in colour, in its origin, but nowadays can be found in black, white and coloured, having the same characteristics. For the ground the threads of fine silk are twisted and formed in hexagonal meshes. It has a floral design with coarser thread. Its original name was Nanking, or Nankin lace, the Chinese city it was imported.
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Alternative terms for the concept.- blonde écru
- nankin lace
- nanking
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http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/73