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title: "Brussels lace"
description: "Brussels lace is a family of laces made in and around Brussels, including fine bobbin laces whose motifs were made separately and joined to a ground."
type: Glossary
url: https://teazle.art/glossary/brussels-lace
published: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-14
author: "The Teazle editors"
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# Brussels lace

*Brussels lace is a family of laces made in and around Brussels, including fine bobbin laces whose motifs were made separately and joined to a ground.*

Brussels lacemakers produced both bobbin and needle laces. In much Brussels bobbin lace the motifs were made separately, then joined with a mesh ground or with bars, a division of labour that allowed very fine work.


## Sources

1. [Brussels lace (AAT 300231627)](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300231627). Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
2. [Brussels lace (Q4845699)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4845699). Wikidata

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