is there a name for this kind of lace?

retro ruth

retro ruth

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with this squiggly rope embroidery over the top?

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Thanks
Ruth
 
thanks, that's very good to know. I wouldn't know chantilly lace from any other kind.

I should have been clearer though, I was actually looking for a way to describe the way the squiggly stuff has been sewn over the machine-made lace, wondering if there is a term for that treatment?

It's to help me describe this lovely thing.

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Hi,

I am not a lace expert either, but I would refer to it as re-embroidered lace with soutache. Chantilly is a re-embroidered lace, and it does look at first glance to be Chantilly, but the black soutache on this dress's lace is a bit too thick and heavy for Chantilly. I would not call it soutache lace, as that infers the entire piece is made of soutache (like a tape lace).

B
 
Many thanks everyone.

With the help of the word soutache, which I didn't know, I found out a few things. I also didn't know the term re-embroidered lace, so this has been really educational.

Current lace makers / sellers seem to refer to this lace as "corded lace".

http://www.macculloch-wallis.co.uk/Category.aspx/Corded Lace Fabrics

There's a lace called Alencon lace. One source says that this is a chantilly lace that has been reembroidered with cord.

http://www.baltazor.com/alencon1.html

It's often used for wedding dresses. The motifs surrounded by cord are called cordonnets.

However other sources say Alencon lace is re-embroidered with button hole stitch rather than cord. Perhaps both types are now called Alencon lace.

Anyway I have a few options for describing this now.

Thanks everyone!
Ruth
 
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