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Lille, n.|liːl|
The name of a city in the Nord department of France, used attrib. to designate a kind of pillow or bobbin lace.
1865F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace xvi. 211 The semé of little square dots on the ground—one of the characteristics of Lille lace—is still retained. 1900E. Jackson Hist. Hand-Made Lace 176 Lille laces have always been favourites in England, the black especially. 1953M. Powys Lace & Lace-Making iv. 31 The Lille lace edgings generally have a straight edge. 1960Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 164/1 Lille lace, pillow lace very popular in later 18th cent. England, made sometimes in black, but never as a dress lace. |