Koniakow lace
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Koniakow lace - Laces from Koniaków, small village in Beskidy, southern Poland.
Koniakow laces are handmade by crochet hook of cotton threads, using motives brought from the nature. Every elements are being done separately and than they are connected to each other. Tradition of lace making in Koniakow is more than 150 years old. About the year of 1900 the lace additions appeared in pillows, shirts and blouses. Square and round table clothes were next.
A real fame was brought to Koniakow by lace table clothes. Oval or round, made with tremendous patience and skills table clothes and table runers reached royal tables of kings, aristocrats, bishops. Koniakow laces were very popular gifts for prominent people around the world. There was one prepared for Queen Elizabeth II and Pope John Paul II. There are many Koniakow Laces laying on altars in Poland and other countries.
Amazingly laces itself became a subject to anger, raised emotions, disapproval and divided small Koniakow society in half. In 2003 some of young lace makers started to make underwear of koniakow lace. It is seen by some elders in Koniakow as sin and disgrace of an ancient respectful profession. Anyway the new twist of Koniakow lace was a bigg success and the lace lingerie and wear quickly became even more popular around the world than Koniakow lace itself.
| 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 |
