Bohemian lace

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Description

A machine-made lace usually made as a flowing tape-shaped appliqu on a thin net ground. Bohemian lace is made from cotton, fiber nylon, and silk. It is made on a Leaver's lacemaking machine.

Comparisons

Common Types of Lace


Authority

  • Rosalie Rosso King, Rosalie Rosso King, Textile Identification, Conservation, and Preservation, Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ, 1985
  • Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, Phyllis G.Tortora, Robert S. Merkel (eds.), Fairchild Publications, New York City, 7th edition, 1996

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