† colbertinen.
Obsolete.
‘A kind of open lace with a square ground’, worn in 17th and 18th centuries. ‘A lace resembling network, of the fabrick of Monsieur Colbert, Superintendent of the French King's Manufactures’ ( Fop's Dict. 1690).
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masclea1425
pomet1582
loop-lace1632
colbertinea1685
coxcomb1693
trolly-lolly1693
trolly1699
piece lace1702
mignonette1751
web lace1795
guard-lace1804
Antwerp lace1811
warp-lace1812
cardinal lace1842
guipure1843
run lace1843
Shetland lace1848
lacis1865
pot lace1865
reticella1865
tape guipure1865
quadrille1884
reticello1895
tambour-lace1899
rosaline1900
ring net1901
tracing-lace1901
shadow lace1914
a1685 M. Evelyn Mundus Muliebris (1690) 3 Twice twelve day Smocks of Holland fine, With Cambric Sleeves, rich Point to joyn, (For she despises Colbertine).
1685 Factious Citizen (Fairholt I. 323) A narrow diminutive colverteen pinner that makes them look so saint-like.
1700 W. Congreve Way of World v. i. 71 A yard of Yellow Colberteen.
1713 Guardian 3 Sept. 2/2 A plain Muslin Head and Ruffles, with Colbertine Lace.
1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 20 [She] Scarce knows what difference is between Rich Flanders Lace, and Colberteen.
a1851 J. Baillie To a Teapot in Poems Through veiling folds of point or colberteen.
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