40 FIISTORYVWORALA CE The term guipure is now so extensively applied it is difhcult to give a limit to its meaning. We can only define it as lace where the flowers are either joined by “ brides,” or large coarse stitches, or lace that has no ground at all. The … modern Honiton and Maltese are cuipures, so is the Venetian point. Most of these laces are enumerated in a jeu d'esprit, entitled “La Révolte des Passemens,” published at Paris in 1661." *“ In the Recueil de pieces les plus The poem is dedicated to Made- agréables de ce temps, composées par…
Lace and lace making -- History
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