Antwerp lace

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Antwerp lace, also known as Antwerp Pot Lace, Pottenkant or Potten Kant, is a bobbin lace distinguished by stylized flower pot motifs on a six point star ground. In the 17th century an estimated 50% of the population of Antwerp was involved in lace making.

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Lace types
Needle:	Punto in Aria \| Point de Venise \| Point de France \| Alençon \| Argentan \| Argentella \| Hollie Point \| Point de Gaze \| Youghal \| Limerick Embroidered: Reticella \| Buratto \| Filet/Lacis \| Tambour \| Teneriffe \| Needlerun Net Cut Work: Broderie Anglaise \| Carrickmacross
Bobbin:	Ancient: Antwerp \| Pottenkant \| Ecclesiastical \| Freehand \| Torchon Continental: Binche \| Flanders \| Mechlin \| Paris \| Valenciennes Point ground: Bayeux \| Blonde \| Bucks point \| Chantilly \| Tønder \| Beveren \| Lille Guipure: Genoese \| Venetian \| Bedfordshire \| Cluny \| Maltese Part laces: Honiton \| Brugges \| Brussels Tape: Milanese \| Flemish \| Russian \| Peasant
Tape:	Mezzopunto \| Princess \| Renaissance \| Romanian point
Knotted:	Macramé \| Tatting \| Armenian
Crocheted:	Irish crochet \| Hairpin \| Filet Crochet
Knitted:	Shetland \| Estonian \| Icelandic \| Danish \| German
Machine-made:	Warp Knit \| Leavers \| Pusher \| Barmen \| Curtain Machine \| Chemical Hand Finished: Hand-run Gimps