Guipure lace is a type of

bobbin lace Bobbin lace is a lace textile made by braiding and twisting lengths of yarn, thread, which are wound on #Bobbins, bobbins to manage them. As the work progresses, the weaving is held in place with pins set in a lace pillow, the placement of the pi ...

. It connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh. Guipure is a French word. It used to describe lace which has a gimp or thicker thread to outline the pattern, but this is no longer used.

Genoese lace Genoese lace is bobbin lace from Genoa. It is a guipure style of lace. Bobbin lacemaking in Italy dates back to the 16th century when the main centres were Genoa and Milan, although Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northea ...

was a guipure lace. Genoese lacemakers went to

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

to found the style of

Maltese lace Maltese lace () is a style of bobbin lace made in Malta. It is a guipure style of lace. It is worked as a continuous width on a tall, thin, upright lace pillow. Bigger pieces are made of two or more parts sewn together. The Lace Pillow in Malta i ...

. This later inspired the style of English lace known as

Bedfordshire lace Bedfordshire lace is a style of bobbin lace originating from Bedfordshire in the 19th century, and made in the English Midlands lacemaking area. It was worked as a continuous width on a lace pillow, bolster pillow. It is a guipure style of lace. ...

. Another guipure lace is

Cluny lace Cluny () is a commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire, in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is northwest of Mâcon. The town grew up around the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in ...

, which originated in France, but spread elsewhere, such as the English lacemaking areas.

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* {{Lace types Bobbin lace