Belgian Lace

The original lace of Belgium is the old Flanders

Binche Lace

A wariety of bobbin lace made in Hainault Belgium. Similar to Valenciennes lace.

Bruges Lace

Bobbin lace , very fine, made in Bruges Belgium.

Brussels Lace:

Needle point lace known as Point de Gaze. Belgium

Chantilly:

Made of black silk Chantilly lace was greatly estimated by the French Ladies in the 19th century.

Valenciennes Lace

One of the finest of all French bobbin laces were first made in the town which gave it its name

Venice Lace . Venice was the European capital for fashion at the end of the middle ages. Venice made lace fashionable at the courts of the European kings.

Honiton Lace Honiton is a small town in Devonshire which gave its name to a very fine bobbin lace in which strong floral matifs are joined to a net background.

Antwerp

Antwerp, though an old lace-making centre , is remarkable forone type of peasant lace, the " potten kant"

Lille et arras lace were extremely popular in england. Known for their strengh and low price they declined in the 19th century.

Le Puy Lace

Le Puy en Velay appears to be the most ancient of the French lace centres dating back to the sixteenth century

Irish Lace

Both needle-point and bobbin-laces were made in Ireland before the middle of the eighteenth century, but never, apparently, on a commercial scale

Reitcello Point

This is a kind of cutwork where square of woven linen are cut and removed

Milan Point

Milan point was justly celebrated in the seventeenth century. Lace was, however, known and made in Milan at a much earlier date.