Honiton Lace Industry: Copy of Report
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A British House of Commons parliamentary paper (1888) reproducing Alan S. Cole's report to the South Kensington Museum on the state of the Honiton pillow-lace industry in Devon, based on a tour in late May and June 1887. Cole records interviews with lace dealers and makers at Exeter, Beer, Colyton, Branscombe, Sidmouth, Sidbury, Honiton, Ottery St. Mary, Exmouth, Otterton and Woodbury, covering worker numbers, wages, thread sizes, pricing and the decline of lace schools. He closes with recommendations on teaching lace-making in elementary schools, instruction by lace part, and new designs and prizes. Plates show pillow lace samples from Colyton, Sidmouth and Honiton with thread sizes and prices.
- Type
- Book
- Date
- 1888
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 22
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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