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SILK LACE [9 records]

Record 1 2015-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

... reels of various designs are still favoured by some millers for scalping and grading.... The hexagonal reel is favoured to-day.... The hexagonal barrel of a reel is arranged at a slight decline, and is carried in a strong timber framework... The old-fashioned method of tacking covers on the framework has been eliminated, silk covers now being made to "lace up"...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
CONT

Dans les bluteries hexagonales l'élément rotatif a de 0,6 à 1,2 m de diamètre pour une longueur de 2 à 6m, la pente de l'axe sur l'horizontale variant de 3 à 4cm par mètre et la vitesse de rotation étant d'environ 40 tours-minute.

OBS

L'ancienne bluterie était constituée par une carcasse de bois ou de métal, affectant la forme d'un prisme hexagonal. Les soies étaient tendues autour du prisme. Tout le tamis tournait autour de son axe très légèrement incliné.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lace and Lacework (Textiles)
  • Silk (Textiles)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
DEF

Bobbin lace originally cream or white silk. Later applied to silk type even when black.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentelles, tulles et guipures (Textiles)
  • Soieries
  • Nomenclature des tissus
OBS

Au XVIe s., on l'appelait la bisette [au lieu de la blonde] plus tard, dentelle de Bergop-Zoom, en souvenir de la prise de cette ville par les Français (1747).

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lace (Embroidery)
DEF

A fine bobbin lace of silk.

OBS

Chiefly made from cream-colored silk(although other threads are known), this lace from Malta is characterized by the same trails and plaits as Beds [Bedfordshire lace], but differs in making frequent use of a distinctive cross in cloth stitch, called a Maltese or St. John's cross. The leaves in this lace tend to be wide and fat, much more so than any other of the related laces such as Beds and Beds-Maltese.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentelles
DEF

Dentelle à fils continus [qui] se caractérise précisément par le fil de soie naturelle qu'utilise la dentellière.

CONT

Les dentelles de Maltes sont lustrées, souples et fort agréables au toucher. Elles se composent de nombreuses fleurs en points d'esprit. Ordinairement, un motif géométrique se répète continuellement tout au long du travail et laisse voir ce signe précis : «la croix de Malte». Cette dentelle ressemble à la dentelle Cluny, toutefois le fond est composé de cordes de deux et non pas obligatoirement de tresses.

OBS

La dentelle de Maltes se fait aux fuseaux.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Needle Embroidery
OBS

It was during the Renaissance that Italian embroidery was famous throughout Europe for its meticulous detail and technical proficiency. Under the patronage of the Medicis, Florence became an important centre for embroidery. Prominent artists such as Raphael, were commissioned to make designs to be stiched by such men as Antonio Pollaiuolo, whose embroideries were recognised as important examples of Renaissance art. In Venice, typical openwork evolved into lace, removing threads and replacing them with stiches. Casalguidi is known for another distinct form of white linen embroidery and in Florence expensive silk and woollen threads were worked on canvas in a technique known today as "Bargello work" after the palace there.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Broderie à l'aiguille
CONT

Les débutantes et les brodeuses déjà expérimentées découvriront l'art de la broderie à travers l'apprentissage de nombreux points tels que le point de feston, le point de plumetis, le point d'oeillet (broderie anglaise), le point de Palestrina, le point de Brocatello ou encore le point d'Assise (broderie italienne).

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lace (Embroidery)
DEF

A lace having warp threads of silk, or silk and cotton, and a weft of silk threads covered with silver, or with gilt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentelles
CONT

En Espagne, on exécute le point d'Espagne et des dentelles d'or et d'argent.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lace (Embroidery)
DEF

A guipure or appliqué lace of Irish origin usually having floral or foliage designs.

CONT

Carrickmacross lace... is made with a sewing needle. The materials used are very fine net, made from cotton or silk or fine muslin, translucent enough to allow the pattern to be seen through it. The pattern is printed on to a glazed linen material; the net and then the muslin are placed on top. All are tacked together and a fine cord is taken around the outline of the pattern and couched down into position. The excess fabric is cut away around the outline of the design. The exposed net is then decorated with filling stitches such as double dot, basket, daisy, cobweb, etc. The finished lace is edged with tiny loops and the complete piece is then detached from the pattern.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentelles
OBS

Cette dentelle à l'aiguille se développa au début du 19e siècle. Elle se compose d'appliqués en organdi sur un fond de filet. Les motifs simples et essentiellement floraux doivent avoir un contour continu, de façon à pouvoir couper l'excédent d'organdi une fois les motifs remplis et la bordure appliquée. Les motifs sont réunis (pour faire le contour) avec des brides en cordonnets de coton et les broderies sont en coton d'Alsace.

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
CONT

One black & white pinstripe taffeta, warp-printed silk trim [and] lace appliqués.

Key term(s)
  • pin stripe taffeta
  • pin-striped taffeta
  • pin-stripe taffeta
  • pin striped taffeta

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nomenclature des tissus
DEF

Soierie [dont] les rayures longitudinales sont très fines.

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lace and Lacework (Textiles)
DEF

A silk bobbin lace originally unbleached and now bleached white or dyed black made with a mesh ground of fine thread and floral patterns of a soft heavy thread.

CONT

Blonde lace is like the Chantilly lace worked in silk thread. The satinlike glow of the ornament in the lace was obtained by the turning threads of the cloth stitch being much thicker than those of the flower. Also, the mesh of the background corresponds to Chantilly lace.

OBS

Blonde lace owes its name to the color of the Nanking(a city in China) silk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentelles, tulles et guipures (Textiles)
DEF

Dentelle légère de fuseau, faite de soie écrue.

CONT

Le devant du corsage, de même que les courtes manches légèrement bouffantes, sont joliment décorés de blonde, dentelle aux fuseaux faite main, et de chenille à petits motifs floraux perlés aux lignes ondoyantes réalisée au point de tige et au point feuille.

CONT

Au XIXème siècle, l'industrie de la dentelle blonde est prospère, notamment en Normandie [...].

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
DEF

A twisted band of two strips of gold or silver lace and silk used for joining the crest to the helmet.

OBS

Although they are not considered recommended usage, "roll" and "torse" are sometimes used as synonyms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
DEF

Bourrelet d'étoffe tortillé figurant le cimier sur un heaume.

CONT

Le bourrelet, torsade d'étoffe au moyen de laquelle on pouvait dissimuler la fixation du cimier sur le heaume, figure également dans cet armorial.

Spanish

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