Brussels lace
Bobbin lace so fine that the motifs were made separately and joined with a net of the finest linen thread.
Brussels lace was the most expensive textile of the 18th century, worn as jabots and cuffs by men and women alike. Thousands of women worked at home for the lace merchants. Examples are in the Musée Mode & Dentelle in Brussels and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Materials: Linen thread
Manufacture: Flowers and figures were made separately in bobbin or needle lace and joined on a bobbin-made net, droschel.
The dense white flowers against the transparent net.
The linen thread finer than a hair – the lace cost more than gold.