L&L p.69-75
soldiers in the 18th century wore lace ruffels (and silk stockings) in battle Steinkirk, a twisted lace cravat, was named after a battle in 1692 when the young french princes were suddently called to battle, fought, and won while wearing their lace cravats, which had gotten rather mussed during the fighting-people then wore mussed cravats for a long time

about 1540 the ruff came into fashion, supposedly invented to hide a scar on the throat of the king of france Henri II first ruffs were just folded linen with a simple lace trimming, but by 1579 they were very big and heavily decorated with fancy lace also stiffened in women´s fashion a wire mounted collar followed the ruff, it was really big (came up behind head), and bordered in lace- started by Marie de Medicis

site to look at

http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/types.htm

Binche lace

websites

http://www.art-estherbrassac.com/anglais/tech_a/lace4.html

started in 18th century
from Belgian town Binche
continous
same family as valenciennes
extremely fine
flowered from 1700 to 1765
designs include animal scenes and figures
very difficult
stopped being made at end of 18th, early 19th
known as fairy point lace

http://www.lace-tapestries.com/en/fairy-point-lace-point-de-fe--toveressekant-bobbin-lace-belian-lace.htm

aka fairy point lace
already known in late Louis XIV
gossamer-fine
straight edge
continuous thread
occasionally has a fine gimp
still made under the name of 'point do Fée'

http://belovedlinens.net/lace/BincheLace.html

it is said: brought to Binche in the 15th century from Gent with Mary of Burgundy-no proof
nothing known of it before end of the 17th century
originally resembled Valenciennes kn texture and reseau
no cordonnet or a single fine thread
very, very fine
popular in Parisian circles during middle of 18th century
later laces became coarser and deterioration in the patterns
production of true dentelle de Binche end at the end of the 18th century

google books

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get info from

Dict old world lace L&L (get info for torchon lace too) check P&P

dict has info

Binche is a flemish continuous lace, 17th to early 19th, like V, Antwerp and Mechlin

Deboeck, Guido (2007). Flemish DNA & Ancestry: History of Three Families Over. Dokus Publishing. p. 69. ISBN 978-0972552677. Retrieved 2008-05-24.

continuous bobbin lace
usually 2 in wide
ground normally knwon as snowflake stitch
1585:Dutch closed river Scheldt->halted production of Antwerp lace, didn't bother production of Binche

Hist of lace pp.121-122

Binche was the subject of a royal edict in 1686->laces made there must have been important
much in vouge in 18th century
mentioned in Les misérables->used for Collette's wedding dress