State Schools for Lace-Making in Austria
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A 1904 article by A. S. Levetus describing the Austrian state-run lace schools (Fachschulen) and the Central Lace School in Vienna. It covers the social and economic need for home industries among poor rural women, the training of teachers, the elimination of middlemen, and the role of the Verein zur Hebung der Spitzen-Industrie. It also names the designers (Hofmanninger, Hrdlicka, Unger) and the regional schools such as Graslitz and Gossengrün. Illustrated with photographs of needle-point, pillow-lace and crochet collars, borders, a fan, drawn-thread work and blouse embroidery.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1904
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 12
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