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Antwerp|ˈæntwɜːp|
The Belgian city of that name, used attrib. in Antwerp edge, Antwerp edging stitch, an embroidery stitch used for decorating and finishing edges and hems; Antwerp lace, a coarse-textured lace (see quot. 1960); Antwerp pigeon, a variety of homing or carrier pigeon (ellipt. in quots. 1839 and 1876). Also Antwerp blue, Antwerp brown, Antwerp red (see quots.).
1835G. Field Chromatography xi. 112 Antwerp Blue is a lighter-coloured and somewhat brighter Prussian blue. Ibid. xviii. 162 Antwerp Brown is a preparation of asphaltum ground in strong drying oil. 1839New Sporting Mag. June 378 The Antwerps are a later introduction into our country... I believe little was known of them before the famous Antwerp match in July 1830. 1865F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace vii. 116 Antwerp lace would have disappeared from the scene had it not been for the attachment evinced by the old people for one pattern,..generally known by the name of ‘pot lace’. 1876Fulton Bk. Pigeons 258 A few years ago, when Antwerp fanciers were few and far between. Ibid. 268 The bird now known as the Antwerp Carrier, Voyageur, or Homing Pigeon. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 7/2 Antwerp edge, a needle point edging to braid on cordonnet. 1885[see Haarlem]. 1885J. Scott Taylor Field's Chromatography Modernized 187 Antwerp Red, a variety of Red Ochre. 1904Encycl. Amer. XIV. 341 Two main types of the Belgian homer have been distinguished as the Antwerp and the Liege varieties, the former being larger but less graceful in form than the latter. 1934M. Thomas Dict. Embroidery Stitches 138 Knot stitch, also known as Antwerp Edging Stitch, and Knotted Blanket Stitch. 1940R. Mayer Artist's Hand-Bk. (1951) ii. 41 Antwerp blue, a pale variety of Prussian blue made by reducing pure Prussian blue with 75% of an inert pigment, usually alumina hydrate. 1960H. Hayward Antique Collecting 15/2 Antwerp lace, pillow lace, strong and heavy looking, the patterns outlined in a cordonnet of thick untwisted thread and made at the same time as the fond chant ground. |