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Design > Motif > Lace (motif)
PREFERRED TERM
Lace (motif)  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Latin "lace" meaning a noose, and the Anglo-Norman "lac, lasse". And from the French "blonde". A representation of an open-work fabric and ornamental textile consisting of a network of threads formed into a design.
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ENTRY TERMS
  • lace imitation
  • lace motif
  • laces
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]; Phipps, Elena. Looking at Textiles. A guide to technical terms. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2011; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2015.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Dentelle (motif)

French

Pizzo

Italian

merletto
Encaje (motivo)

Spanish

encajes
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/791
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