Chebka

Strips of linen chebka lace from the early 1900s

Chebka is a type of needle lace originating from Tunisia. It is made to embellish household items, make collars, and as insertion for garments. The lace is sometimes made using a pillow. It can also be worked directly onto fabric or made using a paper template.^[1] The selvedges are made using machine stitches onto the paper or braids. The design is filled in using knotted stitches.

References

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^ Chebka, Dentelle Arabe [Chebka, Arab Lace] (PDF) (in French). Cartier-Bresson. 1926. pp. 3–10.

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Lace types

Needle lace

Embroidery	Buratto Coggeshall Filet lace Lier lace Limerick Needlerun net Piña embroidery Reticella Tambour
Cutwork	Broderie anglaise Carrickmacross Deshilado de Aguascalientes Lefkara lace Saba lace

Bobbin lace

Mesh grounds	Antwerp Arenys or Ret fi lace Arras Bayeux Beeralu Beveren Binche Blonde Bucks point Chantilly Chefoo Cogne Flanders Freehand Lille Ipswich Mechlin Mundillo Paris Raumanpitsien or Rauma Valenciennes 's Gravenmoer Tesselace Torchon Tønder
Guipure	Bedfordshire Cluny Dentelle du Puy Genoese Liptov Maltese Yak lace
Part laces	Bruges Brussels Point d'Angleterre Honiton Rosaline
Tape	Cantù Hinojosa Idrija Milanese Peasant Russian Schneeberg Three Pair Flanders