Guipure

Example of Guipure lace with a Torchon edge
Cunningham Lace, advert, 1907, Irish International Exhibition

Guipure lace is a type of bobbin lace. It connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh.

Guipure is a French word. It used to describe lace which has a gimp or thicker thread to outline the pattern, but this is no longer used.[1]

Genoese lace was a guipure lace.[2] Genoese lacemakers went to Malta to found the style of Maltese lace.[3] This later inspired the style of English lace known as Bedfordshire lace.[4]

Another guipure lace is Cluny lace, which originated in France,[5] but spread elsewhere, such as the English lacemaking areas.[6]

  1. ^ Elizabeth Mincoffr (1981). Pillow Lace. Ruth Bean. ISBN 0-903585-10-3.
  2. ^ Leader, Jean E. "Bobbin Lace: Genoese, Milanese, Cantú". Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Maltese Crafts". VassaloMalta. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  4. ^ Mrs. Bury Palliser (January 1984). History of Lace. Dover Publications, Inc. p. 392. ISBN 0-486-24742-2.
  5. ^ Leader, Jean E. "Bobbin Lace: France". Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  6. ^ Pat Earnshaw (1980). The Identification of Lace. Shire Publications. p. 107. ISBN 0-85263-484-6.