Meaning of guipure | Babel Free

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“[…] 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.”

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