valenciennes : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a type of bobbin lace with floral patterns
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WordNet

Va*len`ci*ennes" lace"

Etymology

F.; -- so called after the town of Valenciennes.

Definitions

1. A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France. Each piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in the net.

Webster 1913