A type of fine machine-made lace or netting with a mesh pattern, originally created on special bobbin machinery; used for veils, trimmings, and decorative purposes.
From bobbin + -et (diminutive suffix, via French). The fabric was developed in the early 19th century using specially designed bobbin machinery, revolutionizing lace-making by making it faster and cheaper. The name references the bobbin technology that created it.
Bobbinet was the 'fast fashion' of the 1800s—it democratized fancy lace that used to only be for the wealthy by making it on machines instead of by hand, transforming what was once luxury into something everyone could afford!
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