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 stitches, as here indicated, are point d'Angleterre rosettes, and point de fillet, with small "spiders" on the latter.
From The Art of Modern Lace Making by The Butterick Publishing Co.
The center is composed of rows of braid crossed to form squares or open spaces that are filled in with rosettes in point d'Angleterre.
From The Art of Modern Lace Making by The Butterick Publishing Co.
In the present instance the spaces are filled in with twisted bars, "spiders" and rosettes in point d'Angleterre.
From The Art of Modern Lace Making by The Butterick Publishing Co.
Sorrento bars are also used in some of the long leaf-like spaces, while in a few of the circular spaces point d'Angleterre rosettes are introduced.
From The Art of Modern Lace Making by The Butterick Publishing Co.
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