Point de Gaze

Point de Gaze (sometimes Point de Gauze) is a needle lace from Belgium named for the gauze-like appearance of the mesh ground.

Etymology

The word lace is from Middle English, from Old French las, noose, string, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus, noose; probably akin to lacere, to entice, ensnare.^[1]

References

Lace types
Needle lace	Filet lace Punto in Aria Point de Venise Point de France Alençon Argentan Argentella Armenian Knotted Net Lace Halas lace Hollie Point Point de Gaze Kenmare Lace Pag Youghal Embroidery Buratto Filet lace Embroidery on Knotted Net Filet Guipure Filet Richelieu Reticella Limerick Needlerun net Tambour Ñandutí Teneriffe Cutwork Broderie Anglaise Carrickmacross
Bobbin lace	Mesh grounds Torchon Freehand Arras Bayeux Blonde Bucks point Chantilly Tønder Beveren Lille Binche Flanders Paris Valenciennes Antwerp Mechlin Guipure Genoese Bedfordshire Cluny Maltese Yak lace Part laces Honiton Bruges Brussels Rosaline Tape Milanese Hinojosa Russian Idrija Schneeberg Peasant
Tape lace	Mezzopunto Princess Renaissance Battenberg Romanian point Branscombe
Crocheted lace	Broomstick lace Irish crochet Hairpin Filet crochet
Machine-made lace	Bobbinet Leavers Pusher Barmen Curtain Machine Chemical Raschel Stocking Frame Warp Knit
	Metal laces Lace knitting Macramé Tatting Punto a groppo Sprang
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