Passementerie

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Passementerie of applied gold cord and embroidery worn by Henry VIII of England (detail of a portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger, c. 1540)

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, ^[1] and passement is an early French word for lace.^[2]

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.

Passementerie of cording and braid, embellished with beads, French, 1908.

[edit] External links

• Passementarie page at "The Tailor's Art," Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Montupet, Janine, and Ghislaine Schoeller: Lace: The Elegant Web, ISBN 0-8109-3553-8
2. ^ S.F.A. Caulfield and B.C. Saward, The Dictionary of Needlework, 1885.

[edit] 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)

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