Studio Talk (Irish lace)
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A short 1921 'Studio-Talk' report from Belfast on the Irish lace industry, prepared to accompany photographs of Limerick lace and Irish point lace from Robinson & Cleaver. It explains that Irish laces copy continental models and traces the 1846-48 famine-era convent origins of Irish point at Youghal. It also briefly covers Limerick, Carrickmacross, Rose Point (Inishmacsaint), Irish crochet and tatting, with the main centres of each, and closes on the economic and educational value of lace-making.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1921
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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