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capital showing a woman making one of these forms of lace. This may be
our first record of the craft; the lace shown is a simple set of loops made
by leaving longer sections of yarn at the edges of the weaving. It is around
this time that lace takes its modern meaning of an openwork fabric. At this
time, `passementerie' was a word used for any braid woven, knitted, plaited,
close-textured, or open.
Early 12th century
Late 13th century
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Mid 14th century
Ir _V_
Mid 14th century
Words replacing patterns
Late 14th century
circa 1520
Fig. 2. Fringes from the Virgin's Cloak