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Definition of Guipures
1. guipure [n] - See also: guipure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guipures
Literary usage of Guipures
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)
"Savary says that most of the guipures were made environs of Paris,-39 that ...
4J The sale of guipures bei Guipure. Manière de dentelle de soie the master ..."
2. Pillow Lace, a Practical Hand-book by Elizabeth Mincoff, Margaret S. Marriage (1907)
"Early seventeenth-century Brabant guipures show wonderful boldness and beauty of
... Some of the finest eighteenth- century guipures were made at Binche, ..."
3. The Antefix Papers: Papers on Art Educational Subjects, Read at the Weekly by Charles Callahan Perkins, Massachusetts Art Teachers' Association (1875)
"The Italians called the old raised points of Venice and Spain guipures. The finest
thread guipures were the produce of Flanders and Italy, although when ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"These guipures were made in bands, for which designs of geometric character, ...
Some of the Le Puy laces were known as "guipures de Cluny," from the Cluny ..."
5. The Lace Book by N. Hudson Moore (1905)
"In addition to these rich guipures just described, thread laces made either with
bobbins or needles, and with the patterns outlined in narrow hand.made ..."
6. Embroidery and Lace by Ernest Lefébure (1888)
"In Italy, Genoa has remained faithful to the production of well-made guipures
with small blossom or seed devices but rather gross in quality. ..."
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