Filet lace (also known as Lacis, Filet Brodé and Point Compté) is a Needle lace created by darning on a ground of netting. Categories: Stub | Lace ... Turn of the century sewing in Detroit, Michigan An old sewing machine Sewing is an ancient craft involving the stitching of cloth, animal skins, furs, or other materials, using needle and thread. ... The word net may refer to several articles: The drug N-Ethyltryptamine A device made by fibers woven in a grid-like structure, like fishing net, the goal in soccer and the court divider in tennis. ...

History

Filet lace is a form of decorative netting and a such can be presumed to have derived at some point from the netmaking that a fishing community would require.

If we agree that the latin word filatorium (normally translated as Network) is being used to describe Filet lace then Jourdain (1904) quotes a reference to Exeter Cathedral possessing four pieces of Filet lace in 1327. Ingram (1922) states that there was a "cushion of net-work in St. Paul's Cathedral so[sic] early as 1295." Events January 25 - Edward III becomes King of England. ... St Pauls Cathedral is a cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London in London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. ... Events Mongol leader Ghazan Khan is converted to Islam, ending a line of Tantric Buddhist leaders. ...

More evidence comes from the publication of a pattern book by Vinciolo in 1587 which contains approximately 60 patterns which are suitable for Filet lace.

Technique

As mentioned above Filet lace is created on a ground of net. That ground can either be made by the lace maker or as of 2005 purchased commercially in either handmade or machine-made varieties. White lace is often used in collars and other fabric borders. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Making the net by hand involves anchoring the piece, using either a cushion (which Carità (1909) recommends be made of lead) or a stirrup around the workers foot. Having a secure anchor against which to maintain tension a square net is made starting from one corner and adding a new mesh on each row until the desired size is reached, then by decreasing. The individual meshes are formed on a gauge which helps ensure a uniform size and are created by knotting to a loop in the previous round.

The net to be worked on is then stretched taut on a frame and the decorative stitches applied.

Many designs involve blocking out the main design in linen stitch, indeed some designs consist entirely of linen stitch. This creates solid and open areas on the piece. Open areas in the design can then be decorated using a variety of other stiches.

Filet is typically created in a single color of thread, usually white or ecru. Ecru describes the shade grayish-pale yellow or a light grayish-yellowish brown. ...

References

• Carità (1909). Lacis. Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
• Th. de Dillmont (1923). Filet-Guipure. Mulhouse (Frankreich)
• Jourdain, M (1904). "Drawn Thread Work and Lacis". The Connoisseur, 10, 235-237.
• Ingram, Caroline Patience (1922). ""Point Compté" or Lace Netting". The Connoisseur, 62, 92-94.
• Vinciolo, Federico (1587). Les Singuliers et Nouveaux Pourtaicts

External links

• "Filet-Guipure (Part 1)". Filet-Guipure [Filet Lace], Th de Dillmont, 1923. URL accessed on June 2, 2005.
• "Filet-Guipure (Part 2)". Filet-Guipure [Filet Lace], Th de Dillmont, 1923. URL accessed on June 2, 2005.
• "Vinciolo". I Singolari e Nuovi Disegni 1606 (1909 facsimile). URL accessed on June 2, 2005.
• "Digital Archive of Documents Related to Lace". University of Arizona. URL accessed on June 13, 2005.

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