History
Filet lace is a form of decorative netting and as such can be presumed to have derived at some point from the netmaking that a fishing community would require.
If we agree that the latin word filatorium (normally translated as Network) is being used to describe Filet lace then Jourdain (1904) quotes a reference to Exeter Cathedral possessing four pieces of Filet lace in 1327. Ingram (1922) states that there was a "cushion of net-work in St. Paul's Cathedral so early as 1295."
More evidence comes from the publication of a pattern book by Federico de Vinciolo in 1587 which contains approximately 60 patterns which are suitable for Filet lace.
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