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embroidered lace

Embroidered lace is embroidered on a base using a needle. The base varies according to the type. Many techniques use a net, either woven or knotted.

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Embroidered lace is embroidered on a base using a needle. The base varies according to the type. Many techniques use a net, either woven or knotted. The net varies: 1

Woven fabric with threads removed to make a grid (Reticella, Buratto) Machine made hexagonal net (Limerick, Needlerun net, Tambour) Knotted square net (either hand-made or machine-made) (Filet) Sol laces are embroidered in a circular pattern on radiating spokes of threads. These include Tenerife lace and Ñandutí lace. 1

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Embroidered lace”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1

embroidered lace is lace worked with needle and thread on a ground fabric, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2

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