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- noun Plural form of
guipure .
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Examples
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Later, Brussels borrowed the hand-made grounds of France and Venice, and still later England copied Brussels, the guipures of Flanders, and the ground and style of Lille!
Chats on Old Lace and Needlework Emily Leigh Lowes
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Italy adapted the Flemish pillow-lace, and produced Genoese and Milanese guipures, in addition to the coarse imitation of Reticella which she now made by plaiting threads on the pillow.
Chats on Old Lace and Needlework Emily Leigh Lowes
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Old portraits of stern ancestors cramped in their doublets, or Duchesses de Rosas, with pale faces, sad countenances, buried in their collars whose _guipures_ have been limned by Velasquez or Claude Coëllo.
His Excellency the Minister Jules Claretie 1876
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At this time was introduced the Maltese guipures and the
MetaFilter Catseye 2010
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