THE ORIGIN OF LACE
Lace of very delicate texture was made in France and Flanders in 1320. Its importation into England was prohibited in 1483; but it was used in the court costume of Elizabeth’s reign. ; Dresden, Valenciennes, Mechlin, and Brussels have long been famous for their fine lace. An ounce weight of Flanders thread was frequently sold for £4 in London.
A framework knitter of Nottingham named Hammond is said to have invented a mode of applying his stocking frame to the manufacture of lace from studying the lace on his wife’s cap, about 1768. So many improvements were made in the manufacture of lace that lace is now very cheap. The process of “ gassing,” by which cotton lace was made equal to fine linen lace, was invented by Samuel Hall, of Basford, near Nottingham.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19400210.2.101.3
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 23497, 10 February 1940, Page 16
Word Count
136THE ORIGIN OF LACE Evening Star, Issue 23497, 10 February 1940, Page 16
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.