Valenciennesn.
/valɒnˈsjɛn/ 1. Valenciennes lace (see quot. 1858).
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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 > 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
1717 G. Baillie Househ. Bk. (1911) 214 For narow valentians lace at 11s.
1854 ‘G. Greenwood’ Haps & Mishaps 120 There is also a class engaged in weaving Valenciennes lace, of a beautiful quality.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Valenciennes-lace, a rich lace which has a six-sided mesh formed of two threads partly twisted and plaited, the pattern being worked in the net.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 507/2 In Belgium there are six centres for Valenciennes lace making.
2. elliptical. A variety of lace originally manufactured at Valenciennes; a ruffle or the like made of this.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > ruffle or frill
ruff?1523
chitterling1576
hand-ruff1581
peak1591
frislet1607
fall1634
ruffle1659
furbelow1706
flounce1726
Valenciennes1764
ruche1806
ruching1847
volant1851
flouncing1865
balayeuse1882
cascade1882
goffering1889
tier1934
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
1764 W. Varey in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) I. 270 I shall be obliged to you for four pair of Valenciennes, as good as people wear when they dress, but not too deep.
1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina iii, in Moral Tales II. 53 Eight and twenty [shillings]..is really nothing for any lace you'd wear; but more particularly for real Valenciennes.
1859 C. Reade Love me Little (1888) 169 ‘Well! does not every lady wear lace on her nightgown?.. What is that on yours, pray?’ ‘A little misery of Valenciennes, an inch broad.’
1905 E. Glyn Vicissitudes Evangeline 99 Short sleeves ruffled with Valenciennes.
3. ‘A pyrotechnic composition, usually employed as incendiary’ ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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