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point d'Angleterre

[ French pwan dahn-gluh-ter ]

noun

  1. a bobbin lace in which the design is worked out with either a needle or bobbin.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of point d'Angleterre1

1860–65; < French: English stitch
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Example Sentences

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For instance, "Spanish Point" and "Point d'Espagne" have been misapplied to Italian laces, in the same way that "Point d'Angleterre" has been misapplied to Brussels lace.

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Among these are Point d'Angleterre, called such for mistaken reasons only, as it is not point lace nor made in England; and Duchesse, a name of comparatively recent date, though the style itself is of earlier origin, and was called "Guipure fa�on Angleterre."

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Surely no other man in France would have stood silent beside her, under the spell of her dazzling glances, with such a picture before him as Madame la Marquise, in her azure silk and her point d'Angleterre, with her diamond pendants shaking among her hair, and her arched eyebrows lifted imperiously!

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D'un linceuil de point d'Angleterre Que l'on recouvre sa beaut� ...

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Flemish laces may be studied in typical examples of Mechlin, Point d'Angleterre, Application, etc.

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