| 单词 | beds-maltese lace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBeds-Maltese lace Maltese lace n. a variety of bobbin lace originally made in Malta, usually of black, cream, or white silk, and typically incorporating the Maltese cross and wheatears in its design; (also in later use) any plaited bobbin lace inspired by the Maltese style, esp. the English lace known more fully as Bedfordshire Maltese lace (also Beds-Maltese lace). ΘΚΠ 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 > made or originating in specific place Flanders lace1641 Flandersa1685 Honiton lace1688 Mechlin lace1689 Mechlin1701 Valenciennes lace1717 Valenciennes1801 Malines lace1830 Maltese lace1851 Alençon1857 Maltese1859 Binche1865 Maltese guipure1865 Valc1890 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 563/1 Maltese lace, made at the Carmelite convent, Waterford. 1856 E. C. Gaskell Let. ?22 July (1966) 397 Did you look after black, (imitation,—Cambray, or Maltese) lace, for I want you to choose it. 1983 P. Nottingham Bobbin Lace Making vii. 48 Bedfordshire (Beds-Maltese) lace, a development from Maltese lace, is an elaboration of simple plaited lace. 1991 R. Pickernell Yanto's Summer 138 The inserts of silk brocade and real Maltese lace were hand sewn. < as lemmas |
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