Openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand

Textiles: lace making, threads stretched across a frame. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, details of equipment. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

A woman sitting on a chair making lace on a lace-pillow. Engraving by Thomas Sherratt after A.J. Woolmer.

Textiles: lace making, men weaving (top), and the loom (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, winding threads. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, a weaver on a swing at the work (above), detail of lace (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, a loom (top), and the pattern (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, a weaver at a loom. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, fabricating horse-hair brushes (top), and details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, workers (top), and details of equipment (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, laying out the warp threads (top), and details of the frame and tools (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

1 print : engraving ; image and border 31.5 x 20.1 cm

Textiles: ribbon making, heating the ribbons on drums (top), details of equipment (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, men working (top), and the frame (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

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Lace and lace making

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Textiles: lace making, men weaving (top), and the loom (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, details of equipment. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: ribbon making, heating the ribbons on drums (top), details of equipment (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, a loom (top), and the pattern (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, men working (top), and the frame (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Lace and lace making

Images from the collections

Images referencing Lace and lace making

Works from the collections

Textiles: lace making, men weaving (top), and the loom (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, details of equipment. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: ribbon making, heating the ribbons on drums (top), details of equipment (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, a loom (top), and the pattern (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Textiles: lace making, men working (top), and the frame (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

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