Antwerp lace
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Antwerp lace, also known as Antwerp Pot Lace, Pottenkant or Potten Kant, is a bobbin lace distinguished by stylized flower pot motifs on a six point star ground. In the 17th century an estimated 50% of the population of Antwerp was involved in lace making.
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| Lace types | |
|---|---|
| Needle:
| Punto in Aria > Point de Venise | Point de France | Alençon | Argentan | Argentella | Hollie Point | Point de Gaze | Youghal | Limerick Embroidered: Reticella | Buratto | Filet/Lacis | Tambour | Teneriffe | Needlerun Net Cut Work: Broderie Anglaise | Carrickmacross |
| Bobbin:
| Ancient: Antwerp_lace>Antwerp | Pottenkant | Ecclesiastical | Freehand | Torchon Continental: Binche | Flanders | Mechlin | Paris | Valenciennes Point ground: Bayeux | Blonde | Bucks point | Chantilly | Tønder | Beveren | Lille Guipure: Genoese | Venetian | Bedfordshire | Cluny | Maltese Part laces: Honiton | Brugges | Brussels Tape: Milanese | Flemish | Russian | Peasant |
| Tape:
| Mezzopunto > Princess | Renaissance | Romanian point |
| Knotted:
| Macramé > Tatting |
| Crocheted:
| Irish crochet > Hairpin | Filet Crochet |
| Knitted:
| Shetland_knitted_lace>Shetland | Estonian | Icelandic | Danish | German |
| Machine-made:
| Warp knitting>Warp Knit | Leavers | Pusher | Barmen | Curtain Machine | Chemical Hand Finished: Hand-run Gimps |
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