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Needle Lace

Skilled hands can create graceful designs using just one thread. A remarkable technique admired over centuries

Textile Research Centre Leiden

Sample of needlelace insertion in Venetian style.

Textile Research Centre Leiden

Oval insertion made in needlelace technique.

Textile Research Centre Leiden

Flounce made of fine needlelace motifs

City Museum Aarschot

Wit kantwerk in de vorm van een kruis.

City Museum Aarschot

Beige kantwerk in de vorm van een kruis.

Textile Research Centre Leiden

Cloth with printted parten for making needlelace

Textile Research Centre Leiden

Cloth with pritted parten for making needlelace.

City Museum Aarschot

Stukje Italiaanse naaldkant in de vorm van een kraag. Afkomstig van Sint-Niklaasberg.

City Museum Aarschot

Onafgewerkt stuk religieuze lintkant, nog op basisdoek. Milanese kant.

City Museum Aarschot

Afgewerkt stuk religieuze lintkant. Milanese kant.

City Museum Aarschot

Rechthoekig doekje machinaal kantwerk afkomstig van Sint Niklaasberg.

Textile Research Centre Leiden

Doily decoratd with multi-coloured floral motifs and needlelace.; This piece may have been made in China for the Hungarian market.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Flounce of raised needle lace in linen thread, France, 1685-1695. Flounce of raised needle lace in linen thread.  Needle lace in linen thread.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Cap crown, needle lace, made in Alençon, France, 1730-1769. Cap crown of Alençon needle lace.  Needle lace.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Cravat end, needle lace, made in France, 1680-1700. Cravat end of needle lace.  Needle lace.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Flounce, 'Point de Gaze' needle lace, Flemish, made in Brussels, 1830-1870. Flounce of 'Point de Gaze' Brussels needle lace.  Brussels needle lace.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Unfinished panel of needle lace in a floral, neoclassical style, attached to a strip of yellow parchment, made by the Convent of the Poor Clares, Kenmare, Ireland, ca. 1886. Portion of a needle lace flounce in floral and neo-classical style. The unfinishe…

Victoria and Albert Museum

Collar of raised needle lace, designed by Josef Storck at K. K. Zentral-Spitzenkurs in 1879, made by J. Stamnitzer, Vienna, ca. 1880. Wide collar of heavy needle lace. Round-necked and covering the whole of the shoulders and forming slight points at the c…

Victoria and Albert Museum

Scalloped lace border, needle lace, Italy, about 1600-25.   

Victoria and Albert Museum

Border of needle lace worked in linen thread, Italy, early 17th century.   

Victoria and Albert Museum

Collar and cuffs, bibila needle lace, Cyprus, 1886. Bibila needle lace.  Bibila needle lace.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Unfinished needle lace flounce, attached to yellow parchment, made by Burano Lace School, Italy, ca. 1880. Unfinished flounce, still attached to its linen parchment.  Needle lace.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Purse of Bibila silk needle lace, Greece, mid 19th century. Purse of Bibila silk needle lace. Yellow silk netted purse with a draw-string top trimmed with tassels bound with gold thread and with a matching tassel at the lower edge. Additional decoration r…

Victoria and Albert Museum

Border of cutwork and needle lace worked in linen thread, probably made in Italy, early 17th century.   

Victoria and Albert Museum

Set of flounces of needle lace, French, 1867. Set of two deep and two narrow flounces of point d'Alencon needle lace. Complex pattern dominated by undulating trompe l'oeil fluted band, in front of exotic leaves and flowers, with dragonflies and bu…

Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade

Worn at the wedding of Mara Vuković from Belgrade, immediately after WWI

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Border, needle lace worked in linen thread, Venice, 1630-1640.   

Rijksmuseum

Small scale Venetian needle lace was enormously popular for collars in the late 17th century. Characteristic are the scrolling floral patterns, amid which are incorporated all manner of details. The tiny vines and petals worked in relief almost seem to gr…

Pitti Palace - Museum of Costume and Fashion

Decolleté with ivory needle lace mask, called 'Tavernelle', depicting decorative 'Kashmir' motifs. Ivory satin quarters and neckline border with small knot in the center of the mask, round toe, medium wooden heel covered with satin, leathe…

Amsterdam Museum

Cream-colored jabot of bobbin lace made of artificial silk. was fastened to the gown. worn by an older lady, if it is already out of fashion.

The Digital Network of Museum Collections in Spain

De tafetán de lino de color crudo con amplio volante con dos bandas de deshilado y una de encaje de aguja, todo ello calado con motivos geométricos en zig-zag y de graneado con borde polilobulado.