Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Visual Works (hierarchy name)
5. visual works (works)
6. [visual works by material or technique]
7. needlework (visual works)

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials
4. materials
5. materials by form
6. materials by physical form
7. fiber and fiber by product
8. fiber by product
9. textile materials
10. textile materials by process or technique

Narrower term/s

• bobbin lace[+]
  • Valenciennes
  • Brussels lace (bobbin lace) [+]
    • Angleterre lace
  • duchesse lace
  • Lille lace
  • Chantilly lace
  • Torchon lace
  • Antwerp lace
  • Mechlin bobbin lace
  • Cluny bobbin lace
  • Binche bobbin lace
  • Russian bobbin lace
  • blonde
  • Flemish bobbin lace
  • Honiton lace
  • Bruges flower lace
  • Old-Flemish lace
  • rosaline lace [+]
    • pearled rosaline
  • Paris bobbin lace
  • Dutch lace
• needle lace[+]
  • Brussels lace (needle lace)
  • Battenberg lace
  • Venetian lace [+]
    • punto a relievo
    • rose point
    • point de neige
    • point plat de Venise
    • Burano lace
    • Alençon lace
  • Armenian lace
  • English needle lace
  • oya
• punto a groppo[+]
  • macrame (needlework)
• tatting (lace)
• filet lace[+]
  • burato
  • Lier lace
• machine lace[+]
  • Nottingham lace
  • Limerick lace
• chemical lace
• tape lace
• mixed lace[+]
  • Milan lace
• application lace

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to a fine, openwork ornamental textile work formed by looping, interlacing, twisting, plaiting, or braiding threads of linen, cotton, silk, hair, metal, or another fiber to form designs or patterns. Lace may be made with a needle or with bobbins. Embroidery may be added. Modern lace may be made by machine. Openwork fabrics made on a loom and ornamental openwork knitting are generally not classified as lace. Lace is often white or monochromatic. True lace developed in the fourteenth century in Europe and the Middle East, although ornamented openwork fabrics were known in ancient cultures, including the Egyptian culture. Lace may be used as a border, edging, or insert on linens or apparel; it is also formed into large pieces of cloth used for hangings, draperies, apparel, or other items.