Old Mechlin.
8. Mechlin.—All the laces of Flanders, with the exception of those of Brussels and the point double, were known in commerce at this period under the general name of Mechlin. (Fig. 17.)
9. Gold lace.
10. Guipure.
GUIPURE.
Guipure, says Savary, is a kind of lace or passement made of "cartisane" and twisted silk.
Cartisane is a little strip of thin parchment or vellum, which was covered over with silk, gold, or silver thread, and formed the raised pattern.
The silk twisted round a thick thread or cord was called guipure,[[111]] hence the whole work derived its name.[[112]]
Guipure was made either with the needle or on the pillow like other lace, in various patterns, shades and colours, of different qualities and several widths.