Category: lace...

ornamental openwork fabric created by the looping, interlacing, braiding, or twisting of threads like linen
the art of lace is a European achievement around the time of the Renaissance
laces were made of linen before 1800, of cotton after 1800 (silk, metal thread occasionally)
some laces are considered forms of embroidery, such as Limerick and filet lace
by 1920, the lace industry was dying everywhere and though it is still made in Burano and Bruges, it is sold as a souvenir
a true lace is created when a thread is looped, twisted, or braided to other threads independently from a backing fabric
references to lace are made in the Bible in the Book of Exodus