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‖ guipure|gipyr|
[Fr., f. guiper to cover with silk, etc., ad. Teut. wîp-, represented by G. weifen to turn, Goth. weipan to crown.]
1. A kind of lace (see quot. 1869).
1843I. F. Romer Rhone, etc. II. 14 These exquisite mouldings produce the effect of costly guipure laid over coloured satin. 1869F. B. Palliser Lace iii. (ed. 2) 34 The term guipure is now so extensively applied it is difficult to give a limit to its meaning. We can only define it as lace where the flowers are either joined by ‘brides’, or large coarse stitches, or lace that has no ground at all. 1883Truth 31 May 769/2 The latter being covered with a piece of old Venetian guipure.
attrib.1844Lady G. C. Fullerton Ellen Middleton (1854) II. xiv. 149 A berthe of the richest Guipure old lace. 1850Harper's Mag. I. 288 An embroidery of lace imitating guipure royal. 1891Times 5 Oct. 4/2 Some laces in the guipure style are also selling. 1899Daily News 19 Aug. 7/5 Puffings of yellow chiffon, with a pair of guipure wings.
2. A kind of gimp.
1864in Webster. 1890Daily News 20 June 6/4 The bodice was pink silk, with trimming of black guipure; the sleeves being also pink with guipure let in. 1893Times 8 July 12/2 Finished with white guipure and ribands. |