Lace fragments used to compose scores for LACE, an ongoing project by Zeena Parkins (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Delicate and fine, Shetland lace was made popular in the 19th century ...

Making lace by hand is so time consuming few people are interested in it anymore, a Geraldine lace maker says. Lace is believed to have originated in Europe in the early 16th century and some patterns ...

Ilkeston in Derbyshire might be the historic centre of British lace-making, but, nowadays, there’s only one company flying the flag for this highly decorative textile. Cluny Lace, belonging to the ...

Shrewsbury Lacemakers' annual exhibition is a celebration of its 40th anniversary. It is being held in the Bear Steps Gallery, in Fish Street, until October 1. Margaret Lovatt with some of the group's ...

For something so beautiful and delicate as lace, some of the stitches synonomous with Irish lace have very robust names For something so beautiful and delicate as lace, some of the stitches synonomous ...

Beeralu lace making is practiced as a cottage industry in many areas down South with women crafting beeralu lace of intricate patterns. The craft is said to have originated during the Portuguese rule ...

I’m the ninth generation of my family to be in the lace trade. The Cluny Lace factory, near Nottingham, was built in the 1880s, but we had machines in Ilkeston and Long Eaton before then. By the 1730s ...