guipure

{{short description|Type of bobbin lace in which motifs are connected by bars or plaits}}

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Guipure lace is a type of bobbin lace. It connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh.

Guipure is a French word. It used to describe lace which has a gimp or thicker thread to outline the pattern, but this is no longer used.{{cite book|title=Pillow Lace|isbn=0-903585-10-3|author=Elizabeth Mincoffr |date=1981 |publisher=Ruth Bean}}

Genoese lace was a guipure lace.{{cite web | url=https://www.lacetypes.com/italy.html | title=Bobbin Lace: Genoese, Milanese, Cantú | author=Leader, Jean E. | access-date=26 July 2022 }} Genoese lacemakers went to Malta to found the style of Maltese lace.{{cite web| url=https://vassallohistory.wordpress.com/maltese-crafts/ |title=Maltese Crafts |date=18 April 2013 |publisher=VassaloMalta| access-date=21 November 2014}} This later inspired the style of English lace known as Bedfordshire lace.{{cite book|title=History of Lace|isbn=0-486-24742-2|author=Mrs. Bury Palliser |date=January 1984 |publisher=Dover Publications, Inc| page=392}}

Another guipure lace is Cluny lace, which originated in France,{{cite web|title=Bobbin Lace: France |url=https://www.lacetypes.com/franceB.html|author=Leader, Jean E.|access-date=26 July 2022}} but spread elsewhere, such as the English lacemaking areas.{{cite book|title=The Identification of Lace|author=Pat Earnshaw|date=1980 |publisher=Shire Publications|isbn=0-85263-484-6|page=107 }}