Meaning & use
lacis
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A type of needle-made lace worked on a square-meshed net, also known as filet lace, in which patterns are darned onto the knotted foundation.
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The antique tablecloth was trimmed with delicate lacis in a floral motif.
She learned to darn lacis patterns onto hand-knotted net at a textile workshop.
A note on using this word
The technique dates back to the Renaissance, when lacis was used to decorate altar cloths and fine household linens across Europe.
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filet lace
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