filet lace
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of filet lace
1905–10; < French filet net ( Old French file something spun, past participle of filer; see file 1) + -et -et
Example Sentences
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It may be plain linen hemstitched or scalloped, or it may be much embroidered and have mosaic or filet lace.
From Etiquette by Emily Post
Four to a dozen tea cloths, of filet lace or drawn work or Russian embroidery, with tiny napkins to match.
From Etiquette by Emily Post
There is some striking filet lace on the various altar-cloths.
From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
So Patty bought a beautiful luncheon set of filet lace and embroidery for Mrs. Kenerley, and an Oriental antique paper cutter for her husband.
From Patty's Social Season by Carolyn Wells
"Max Gronauer died just two months after my husband," said Mrs. Samstag, tucking away into her beaded hand-bag her filet lace handkerchief, itself guilty of a not inexpensive attar.
From The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien
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