Spanish lace
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
- Needlepoint lace brought from Spanish convents since their dissolution but probably of Flemish origin.
- Cut and drawn work made in convents in Spain, of patterns usually confined to simple sprigs and flowers.
- A modern black-silk lace with large flower-patterns, mostly of Flemish make.
- A modern needlepoint lace with large square designs.
References[edit]
- Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary, 1908