A Day at the Nottingham Lace-Manufactories
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A Penny Magazine supplement article from March 1843 describing how machine-made bobbin-net lace was produced in Nottingham. It first contrasts hand-made pillow lace with machine net, then traces the trade from cotton thread supply and manufacturers through the bobbin-net machine, the Jacquard attachment, and finishing work such as embroidery (lace-running), dressing and bleaching. Engravings show the winding engine, the machine's parts, the Jacquard apparatus, a lace-dressing room and specimens of machine and run lace; it also comments on prices and the poor earnings of women workers.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- March 1843
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
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