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)
8. lace (needlework)

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to imitations of hand-made lace created by embroidering designs in cotton on a silk ground; the silk is then burned away with chlorine or caustic soda. Imitation lace produced by this method first appeared in the late 19th century. Chemical lace often appears similar to Venetian lace, but is distinguished because it lacks the buttonhole stitches of hand-made lace.