Madame de Boves asked her, examining a remnant of guipure. From Wordnik.com. [Shopping with Emile Zola] Reference
The walls of her bed-chamber are hung with guipure and costly satin. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
Then he called her back to show her three yards of guipure that he had lately picked up “at a sale.”. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Bovary] Reference
I realized she liked things that sparkled and brought out a lollipopred sequin-embroidered guipure lace. From Wordnik.com. [Women I Have Dressed (and Undressed!)] Reference
Laces made by machinery; tulles, plain or embroidered; imitation lace, blond and guipure, in thread of every kind. From Wordnik.com. [Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission] Reference
Her assistants told me she had worn the white guipure lace and short black organza in Spain also and looked great. From Wordnik.com. [Women I Have Dressed (and Undressed!)] Reference
I found some “wedding cake,” heavy white guipure lace for the top of the gown that had a violet taffeta full skirt. From Wordnik.com. [Women I Have Dressed (and Undressed!)] Reference
The fabric for the dress had come from the embroidery mills in Switzerland and was a wonderful white guipure heavy lace. From Wordnik.com. [Women I Have Dressed (and Undressed!)] Reference
The bride wore a champagne-coloured guipure lace and wool crepe three-piece suit by Johannesburg designer Sybrand de Swardt. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Squares for antimacassar in guipure d'art, 550, 551. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
Square in reticella work (guipure d'art), enlarged, 541. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
These squares are used for guipure d'art and for darning on. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
I have just had it from Howell and James: -- guipure, they call it. From Wordnik.com. [The Fitz-Boodle Papers] Reference
The principal stitches used in guipure d'art are POINT D'ESPRIT, POINT. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
Materials: One guipure frame; Mecklenburg thread Nos. 6 and 12; needle. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
An upholstered armchair had at its back a triangle worked with guipure. From Wordnik.com. [Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life] Reference
A particular kind of purl makes this border look very like guipure lace. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
One black silk dress, handsomely trimmed with jet guipure and lace. From Wordnik.com. [A Simpleton] Reference
This charming little lace makes a very good substitute for real guipure. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopedia of Needlework] Reference
This pattern shows, in full size, one quarter of a square in guipure d'art. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
She wore a pink crepon dressing-gown, with cream guipure lace at the neck and wrists. From Wordnik.com. [A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus] Reference
Materials: Deal box; satin ruche; satin ribbon; quilted satin and silk cord; guipure netting. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
Honiton sprigs upon bobbin net has been of late years almost superseded by this modern guipure. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
This pattern is worked with middle-sized light-coloured purse silk in guipure d'art on netting. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
Then he called her back to show her three yards of guipure that he had lately picked up "at a sale.". From Wordnik.com. [Madame Bovary] Reference
He had given to Cosette a robe of Binche guipure which had descended to him from his own grandmother. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
The guipure pattern is worked in linen stitch and point d'esprit, the raised leaves in darning stitch. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
As they looked up they saw the branches standing out against the blue of the sky with the delicacy of guipure. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Episode] Reference
She wore a rich black silk dress -- the mourning for Mrs. Verner -- and a white lace cap of the finest guipure. From Wordnik.com. [Verner's Pride] Reference
This elegant basket is made of bamboo cane and blue satin, fastened on cardboard, and covered with guipure d'art. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
The case inside is made of cardboard, covered on both sides with blue satin, and the guipure d'art on the outside only. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
Honiton guipure lace is distinguished by the groundwork being of various stitches, in place of being sewn upon a net ground. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
The great ladies paid fifty louis a yard for guipure, and then ran carelessly through the woods with these transparent dresses. From Wordnik.com. [The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental] Reference
Little wheels, set between the crochet pyramids, and described in the chapters on filet-guipure and Irish lace, complete the insertion. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopedia of Needlework] Reference
Materials: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co. 's linen thread No. 2 for the netting, and their Mecklenburg thread for the guipure stitches No. 8. From Wordnik.com. [Beeton's Book of Needlework] Reference
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