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    • application lace
      • Application lace from Brussels, 1880; in the Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique, Brussels.
        In application lace

        , and known as drochel. The fine meshes were hexagonal, the threads of the two longer sides being plaited four times and of the shorter sides twisted. In Brussels application the motifs could be made either by bobbin (an elongated spool of thread) or by needle; in Honiton they…

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    • Brussels lace
      • Brussels lace (bobbin)
        In Brussels lace

        …could be a meshwork of drochel (hexagonal forms) or bars or a mixture of the two. Through the 19th century the laces became heavier, and the designs, though still beautiful, became rather crowded, frequently sprinkled with numerous dots and flourishes in keeping with the taste of the period.

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