Pusher Lace: An Early Machine-Made Fabric
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A short 1922 article on pusher lace, a patterned machine-made net produced on the Pusher machine built by Samuel Clark and James Mart in 1812. It traces the development from Heathcoat's plain net machine, explains why production stayed small and costly, and describes hand outlining, the spread of the machines to France, the peak of the trade from 1850 to 1870, and its decline after 1867. Photographs show specimens from private collections and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including a lace cape and a strip with dancing figures.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1922
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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