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Encyclopedia > Antwerp lace

Antwerp lace, also known as Antwerp Pot Lace, Pottenkant or Potten Kant, is a bobbin lace distinguished by sylized flower pot motifs on a six point star ground. In the 17th century an estimated 50% of the population of Antwerp was involved in lace making. Making bobbin lace Bobbin lace is a delicate lace that uses wound spools of thread (the bobbins) to weave together the shapes in the lace. ... The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp)in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old part of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and is home to a number of triptychs by the Belgian painter, Rubens. ...


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Lace types
Needle Punto in Aria | Point de Venise | Point de France | Alençon | Argentan | Argentella | Hollie Point | Point de Gaze | Youghal | Limerick
Embroidered: Reticella | Buratto | Filet/Lacis | Tambour | Teneriffe | Needlerun Net
Cut Work: Broderie Anglaise | Carrickmacross
Bobbin Ancient: Antwerp | Pottenkant | Ecclesiastical | Freehand | Torchon
Continental: Binche | Flanders | Mechlin | Paris | Valenciennes
Point ground: Bayeux | Blonde | Bucks point | Chantilly | Tønder | Beveren | Lille
Guipure: Genoese | Venetian | Bedfordshire | Cluny | Maltese
Part laces: Honiton | Brugges | Brussels
Tape: Milanese | Flemish | Russian | Peasant
Tape:  Mezzopunto | Princess | Renaissance | Romanian point
Knotted:  Macramé | Tatting
Crocheted Irish crochet | Hairpin | Filet Crochet
Knitted:  Shetland | Estonian | Icelandic | Danish | German
Machine-made:  Warp Knit | Leavers | Pusher | Barmen | Curtain Machine | Chemical
Hand Finished: Hand-run Gimps


 
 

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