[3] The black silk Chantilly lace became especially popular,[3] and there was a large market for it in Spain and the Americas.

[6] Another notable thing about Chantilly lace is the use of a half-and-whole stitch as a fill to achieve the effect of light and shadow in the pattern,[3][6] which was generally of flowers.

The background, or réseau, was in the form of a six pointed star,[5] and was made of the same thread as the pattern, unlike the otherwise similar blonde lace.

[7] The lace was produced in strips approximately four inches wide, and then joined with a stitch that left no visible seam.

[6] Chantilly lace reached the height of its popularity around 1830[7] and was revived again in the 1860s, at which point it was made at Bayeux as well as at Geraardsbergen, in what is nowadays Belgium.