Tape Lace

Tape Lace
Tape laces come in two major forms:
those that use pre-made tape and those that make the tape right in the lace *.

This page shows the premade tape laces.

Battenberg Point Lace made with premade tape

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Renaissance Lace

The most elaborate of the tape laces, it closely resembles and is often mistaken for Milanese Lace.
Today it is no longer as elaborate and more closely resembles Battenberg. It is also called Brussels Lace or Ribbon Lace

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It often contains button-holed brideges/bars and fancy needlework imatating the early Italian needlelace

*Laces that include a tape in the lace, as it is made, include:
Brugge, Idrija, Russian, Milanese

Tape Lace Links

http://www.refalo.com/bobbinlace/tape.html

Buy Tape Lace here:

http://www.lacemaking.com/Ltapes.htm