Passementerie

Passementerie or passementarie is the art of making elaborate trimmings or edgings (in French, passements) of applied braid, gold or silver cord, embroidery, colored silk, or beads for clothing or furnishings.

Passementerie worked in white linen thread is the origin of bobbin lace, [Montupet, Janine, and Ghislaine Schoeller: "Lace: The Elegant Web", ISBN 0-8109-3553-8] and "passement" is an early French word for lace. [S.F.A. Caulfield and B.C. Saward, "The Dictionary of Needlework", 1885.]

Modern passementerie includes the gold braid on military dress uniforms, the elaborate trims on used on some lampshades and draperies, and for decorating couture clothing and wedding gowns.

Fringe and tassels are categorized as forms of passementerie.

External links

* [http://www3.fitnyc.edu/museum/TailorsArt/Passementerie.htm Passementerie] page at "The Tailor's Art," Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology.

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References

*Caulfield, S.F.A. and B.C. Saward, "The Dictionary of Needlework", 1885.
*Montupet, Janine, and Ghislaine Schoeller: "Lace: The Elegant Web", ISBN 0-8109-3553-8.
*Picken, Mary Brooks, "The Fashion Dictionary", Funk and Wagnalls, 1957. (1973 edition ISBN 0-308-10052-2, 1999 Dover republication ISBN 0-486-40294-0)