Paris lace explained

Paris lace
Type:	Lace
Method:	Bobbin lace
Process:	Craft production
Location:	Paris, France
Introduced:	18th century

Point de Paris is a French bobbin lace of the 18th century, with slender trailing designs in a point de Paris ground. It was a simple lace, and did not compete with those of Flanders. It was revived in the late 19th century for trimming lingerie and 'fancy linen'.^[1]

Point de Paris ground is used in other lace styles as well. It has many other names:

• six-point star - from the shape
• fond chant - it formed the ground of 19th-century Chantilly lace)
• fond double
• Kat stitch - there was a tradition that Catherine of Aragorn started the tradition of Bedfordshire lace
• French ground - it was used in 18th century French peasant lace
• wire ground - the intertwining of the threads looks like a wire mesh

It is also found in Antwerp lace, Chantilly lace and Bucks Point.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Goldenberg, Samuel L.. Lace: Its Origin and History.. 1904.
2. Book: Pat Earnshaw. A Dictionary of Lace. 1984 . Shire Publications. 0-85263-700-4.