Fond Simple. Sometimes called Point de Lille; is the purest, lightest, and most transparent of all grounds. The sides of the meshes are not partly plaited as in Brussels and Mechlin, nor wholly plaited as in Valenciennes and Chioggia; but four of the sides are formed by twisting two threads round each other, and the remaining two sides by simply crossing of the threads over each other. [See Grounds.][[1374]]
Footing. See Engrêlure.
Gimp. The pattern which rests on the ground or is held together by brides. The work should not, however be confounded with the material gimp, which was formerly called guipure.
In Honiton and the Midlands, the word denotes the coarse glazed thread used to raise certain edges of the design.[[1374]]
Gingles. A name given in Buckinghamshire, etc., to the bunches of coloured beads hung on to bobbins by means of brass wire, in order to give extra weight and so increase the tension of the threads.[[1374]]
Groppo [Italian]. A knot or tie.
Grounds. The grounds of laces are divided into two classes, one being called the bride, the other the Réseau. The bride ground is formed with plain or ornamental bars, in order to connect the ornaments forming the pattern. The Réseau ground is a net made with the needle or with bobbins, to connect the ornaments forming the pattern.
Guipure. A lace-like trimming of twisted threads. The word is now used to loosely describe many laces of coarse pattern. Guipure d'Art is the name given to modern darned netting.[[1375]]
Heading = Footing, engrêlure.
Jours. Ornamental devices occurring in various parts of a piece of lace. The earliest forms of jours may be seen in Venetian point lace, where they are introduced into the centre of a flower or other such device. [Modes are identical with jours.]