Paris lace

Point de Paris ground in Flemish lace

Point de Paris is a French bobbin lace of the 18th century, with slender trailing designs in a point de Paris ground. It was a simple lace, and did not compete with those of Flanders. It was revived in the late 19th century for trimming lingerie and 'fancy linen'.

Point de Paris ground is used in other lace styles as well. It has many other names:

• six-point star - from the shape
• fond chant - it formed the ground of 19th century Chantilly lace)
• fond double
• Kat stitch - there was a tradition that Catherine of Aragorn started the tradition of Bedfordshire lace
• French ground - it was used in 18th century French peasant lace
• wire ground - the intertwining of the threads looks like a wire mesh

It is also found in Antwerp lace, Chantilly lace and Bucks Point.^[1]

References

Lace types
Needle lace	Filet lace Punto in Aria Point de Venise Point de France Alençon Argentan Argentella Armenian Knotted Net Lace Halas lace Hollie Point Point de Gaze Kenmare Lace Pag Youghal Embroidery Buratto Filet lace Embroidery on Knotted Net Filet Guipure Filet Richelieu Reticella Limerick Needlerun net Tambour Ñandutí Teneriffe Cutwork Broderie Anglaise Carrickmacross
Bobbin lace	Mesh grounds Torchon Freehand Arras Bayeux Blonde Bucks point Chantilly Tønder Beveren Lille Binche Flanders Paris Valenciennes Antwerp Mechlin Guipure Genoese Bedfordshire Cluny Maltese Yak lace Part laces Honiton Bruges Brussels Rosaline Tape Milanese Hinojosa Russian Idrija Schneeberg Peasant
Tape lace	Mezzopunto Princess Renaissance Battenberg Romanian point Branscombe
Crocheted lace	Broomstick lace Irish crochet Hairpin Filet crochet
Machine-made lace	Bobbinet Leavers Pusher Barmen Curtain Machine Chemical Raschel Stocking Frame Warp Knit
	Metal laces Lace knitting Macramé Tatting Punto a groppo Sprang
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