point d'Angleterre
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of point d'Angleterre
1860–65; < French: English stitch
Example Sentences
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Her entire gown was of point d'Angleterre over cream satin, with a court train of the same lace.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bride's dress was composed of white velvet, with a veil of point d'Angleterre, the time being too short to have one of point d'Alen�on manufactured.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 by Various
The stitches used in filling in are point de fillet, point de Bruxelles and point d'Angleterre, and Raleigh, Sorrento and d'Alençon bars, and rosettes and "spiders."
From The Art of Modern Lace Making by The Butterick Publishing Co.
Fine point lace braid is used to outline the design, and then rosettes in point d'Angleterre, and "spiders" or small rosettes are made in the openings as represented.
From The Art of Modern Lace Making by The Butterick Publishing Co.
Work the centre in Sorrento bars, and on these work a rosette in point d'Angleterre, the edge in point d'Angleterre edging, and the wheels in open English lace.
From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
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