Guipure

Quick meaning: Guipure is a noun meaning A kind of bobbin lace that connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh.

Meaning

A kind of bobbin lace that connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh.

Example Sentences

[…] it happened actually to be a gray toque of draped velvet, trimmed with antique guipure, and a tall ostrich plume dyed the same shade of violet as her dress.

Mantillas are larger than last year, and are generally all worn with a deep flouncing, either of the same material, or of black lace; the mantilla itself is also much trimmed with small ruchings of ribbon, guip and guipure lace, laid on quite flat.

Word Forms

• guipures

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include picot, guilloche, purfile, gimp, bobbinet, purrel.

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