A Linen Lace Industry
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A short illustrated article from The Connoisseur (1905) on the Winslow (Buckinghamshire) Lace Industry, a pillow lace enterprise founded by Lucy Hubbard, daughter of Lord Addington. It describes how she had old Italian, Flemish, Brussels, Mechlin and Russian laces pricked for the local lacemakers to copy, and why only pure flax thread was used. It notes the workforce of sixty to seventy, the nearly hundred designs, and the price range. Illustrations show examples of Winslow lace borders and a lace collar.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1905
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
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