Lefkara lace information

Lefkaritika or Lefkara Lace is a handmade lace from Pano Lefkara Cyprus. Notable characteristics are the hemstitch, satin stitch fillings, needlepoint...

Pano Lefkara (Greek: Πάνω Λεύκαρα) is a village on the island of Cyprus famous for its lace, known as lefkaritika in (Greek: λευκαρίτικα) and silver handicrafts...

categories, needlelace and bobbin lace,: 122  although there are other types of lace, such as knitted or crocheted lace. Other laces such as these are considered...

Ipswich lace is a historical fashion accessory, the only known American hand-made bobbin lace to be commercially produced. Centered in the coastal town...

Chantilly lace is a handmade bobbin lace named after the city of Chantilly, France, in a tradition dating from the 17th century. The famous silk laces were...

Russian lace Idrija lace Schneeberg lace – since about 1910 Milanese lace Hinojosa lace Peasant lace The advent of machine-made lace at first pushed lace-makers...

Needle lace is a type of lace created using a needle and thread to create hundreds of small stitches to form the lace itself. The origins of needle lace date...

Irish lace has always been an important part of the Irish needlework tradition. Both needlepoint and bobbin laces were made in Ireland before the middle...

at least from the 14th century is the Lefkara lace, which originates from the village of Lefkara. Lefkara lace is recognised as an intangible cultural...

Crochet lace is an application of the art of crochet. Generally it uses finer threads and more decorative styles of stitching, often with flowing lines...

Honiton lace is a type of bobbin lace made in Honiton, Devon, in the United Kingdom. Historical Honiton lace designs focused on scrollwork and depictions...

Lace machines took over the commercial manufacture of lace during the nineteenth century. The stocking frame was a mechanical weft-knitting knitting machine...

Limerick lace is a hybrid lace of embroidered needle lace or crocheted lace on a machine made net base. It is a 'mixed lace' rather than a ‘true lace’, which...

Battenberg lace is a type of tape lace. It is of American origin, designed and first made by Sara Hadley of New York. This American lace was named either...

needlework technique incorporating features of embroidery, cutwork and needle lace that became associated with England, due to its popularity there in the 19th...

Carrickmacross lace is a form of lace that may be described as decorated net. A three-layer 'sandwich' is made consisting of the pattern (at the bottom)...

lace is a type of bobbin lace. It connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh. Guipure is a French word. It used to describe lace...

Brussels lace is a type of pillow lace that originated in and around Brussels. The term "Brussels lace" has been broadly used for any lace from Brussels;...

Needlerun net is a family of laces created by using a needle to embroider on a net ground. Along with Tambour lace this became more popular with the advent...

Broomstick lace, also known as jiffy lace and peacock eye crochet, is a historic crochet technique from the 19th century made using a crochet hook and...

Chemical lace (sometimes referred to as Schiffli lace) is a form of machine-made lace. This method of lace-making is done by embroidering a pattern on...

Tambour lace refers to a family of lace made by stretching a fine net over a frame (the eponymous Tambour, from the French for drum) and creating a chain...

adapted to knit cotton and to do ribbing, and by 1800 had been adapted as a lace making machine. Lee's machine consisted of a stout wooden frame. It did straight...

back. Their remains were found in a well in Cyprus in October 2006. The Lefkara lace is an important form of embroidery in Northern Cyprus and is celebrated...

Youghal lace (or Point d'Irlande) is a needle lace inspired by Italian needle lace and developed in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland. Youghal Lace was perhaps...

lace machines, double-needle bar raschel machines, raschel jacquard machines, and high-speed raschel machines. Golden lace Lace appliqué Raschel lace...

Liturgical lace refers to the use of lace as a form a liturgical ornamentation at the crossroads of religious art and decorative arts. Though it is often...

The main centres for its production are Yeroskipou near Paphos and Pano Lefkara near Larnaca. A similar looking sweet is soujouk or shoushouko, although...