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Definition of Guipure
1. n. A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but has the pattern held together by connecting threads called bars or brides.
Definition of Guipure
1. Noun. A kind of lace. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Guipure
1. a type of lace [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guipure
Literary usage of Guipure
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Lace by Bury Palliser (1869)
"Coloured Plate II. is a good example of pillow guipure, the pattern filled ...
In that class called by the lace-makers " tape guipure," the outline of the ..."
2. Point and Pillow Lace: A Short Account of Various Kinds Ancient and Modern by Mary Sharp (1899)
"... Kensington Museum, the earliest Lace made in Flanders was of the kind known
as Pillow guipure. The pattern is made as of tape in a flowing Renaissance ..."
3. Pillow Lace, a Practical Hand-book by Elizabeth Mincoff, Margaret S. Marriage (1907)
"CHAPTER XI SAXONY guipure Ach wenn er nur kam Und mich emal nahm, Damit ich doch
endlich vom ... guipure ..."
4. Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education (1863)
"(7524) 11271 CAP, with Insertion of guipure Point Lace and Border of Pillow Lace.
H. about 8 in. ... PIECE of guipure POINT.— Date second half of 17th cent. ..."
5. Dictionary of Textiles by Louis Harmuth (1915)
"Point d'Espagne—«eavy guipure-like need'le-point lace of the 17th and 18th
centuries somewhat resembling Point de Venise and made of gold or silver thread ..."
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