guipuren.
/ɡiːˈp(j)ʊə//ɡiːˈp(j)ʊərə/ 1. A kind of lace (see quot. 1869).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > other types of
masclea1425
pomet1582
loop-lace1632
colbertinea1685
coxcomb1693
trolly-lolly1693
trolly1699
piece lace1702
mignonette1751
web lace1795
guard-lace1804
Antwerp lace1811
warp-lace1812
cardinal lace1842
guipure1843
run lace1843
Shetland lace1848
lacis1865
pot lace1865
reticella1865
tape guipure1865
quadrille1884
reticello1895
tambour-lace1899
rosaline1900
ring net1901
tracing-lace1901
shadow lace1914
1843 I. F. Romer Rhone II. 14 These exquisite mouldings produce the effect of costly guipure laid over coloured satin.
1869 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace (ed. 2) iii. 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.
1883 Truth 31 May 769/2 The latter being covered with a piece of old Venetian guipure.
2. A kind of gimp.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > gimp > specific
guipure1864
buttonhole gimp1879
1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1890 Daily News 20 June 6/4 The bodice was pink silk, with trimming of black guipure; the sleeves being also pink with guipure let in.
1893 Times 8 July 12/2 Finished with white guipure and ribands.
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