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The Lace Museum - http://www.thelacemuseum.org/
The site of this California museum shows current displays, workshops and classes. Also calendar of events, newsletter and patterns. |
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Ville de Retournac - http://www.ville-retournac.fr/
The Lace Manufactures Museum records France's lacemaking history. |
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LaceFairy - http://lace.lacefairy.com/
Provides information on lacemaking including identification and preservation, collecting, instructions, patterns, postcards, historical photographs and galleries. |
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Bobbin Lacers in CZ - http://www.lace.cz/
Jaroslava Jedlinska and Dana Mihulkova, both from Czech Republic, share examples of their bobbin laces. |
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Claeys Antique - http://www.claeysantique.com/
Diane Claeys regularly adds illustrated articles on the history of a lace piece (with over a dozen articles currently on site). Vintage photos and paintings of lacemakers share a gallery with antique lace tools. |
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The Structures of Antique Lace - http://www.marlamallett.com/lace.htm
Marla Mallett shares bobbin lace, needlepoint lace, and other handmade laces from her personal collection. |
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Bobbin Lace European Network - http://www.blen.net/m_c.htm
This database has entries in the following categories: laces, census and biographies of lacemakers, designers, bibliographies, glossaries, historical documents, museums, news and online training. |
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Landelijke Organisatie Kant Kunst - http://www.lokk.nl/
The official site of LOKK, the Dutch Lace Organization, contains photos of modern and classical laces created by its members. Click kantbrief to reach the gallery. |
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Sheelin Irish Lace Museum - http://www.irishlacemuseum.com/
Museum shares several photos of lace dating from 1850 to 1900. |
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Lace Magazine - http://www.lacemagazine.com/
Includes a short introduction to princess, bobbin and needle laces. |
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Guild of Irish Lace Makers - http://www.irishlace.org/
Irish Laces are this group's specialty. Carrickmacross, Irish crochet, and Limerick laces can all be found in their gallery. |
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Digital Archive of Documents - http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/
Professor Griswold has been collecting documents regarding textile arts such as lacemaking, and placing them in this online archival library. |
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Lefkara Lace - http://www.cyculture.net/lefkara/index.html
The history and patterns of lace on Cyprus can be found here, plus a photo index of local lacemakers. |
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International Forum of Lace - http://www.italiainvita.it/
Results of the 2003 Conference in Rimini, Italy. Plans to further study the technical, artistic and historic aspects of lace in 2005. |
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Mary Margaret Nousek - http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/nousek/mary.html
Mary offers a small gallery that includes profiles of a man and a woman done in needle lace. |
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La Dentelles - http://www.dentellieres.com/lace.htm
Rosanna has compiled articles, photos, reports and diagrams of lacemaking in France, including an unusual collection of lacemakers in miniature. |
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http://www.tussah.com/lace/ - http://www.tussah.com/lace/
Photos, and descriptions, of bobbin lace pieces made by Lara's mom. |
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Traditional and Modern Bobbin Lacing - http://www.agten-beate.com/
Click the buttons labelled 'moderne' to view 14 years of the work of Lace Artist, Beate Agten. |
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Poole Bobbin Lace Circle - http://www.cyberlink.co.uk/pblc/
Lacemakers share a pattern page, photos of their exhibits, Miss Channer's mat, plus information about their 4 year lace course. |
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Lacemakers of Calais - http://www.angelfire.com/al/aslc/
Homepage of this historic Australian Society of Lacemakers. |
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Reclaiming Your Heritage, Lace and Linens - http://www.elizabethkurella.com/
Elizabeth Kurella identifies, repairs and appraises fine laces. |
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Avital's Fibers - http://www.angelfire.com/home/avital/m-lace.html
Avital designed a printable pricking for a bobbin lace tablecloth and a Star of David tatting pattern. Her gallery contains examples of 3 different lace forms. |
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Csetneki Hungarian Lace - http://www.csetnekicsipke.hu/
One hundred years of Hungarian lace. Includes history, lacemaking method, and image gallery with close up details. |
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The Costumer's Manifesto - http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/16THLACE.HTM
Dr. Maginnis documents laces used on apparel from the 16th -19th century. |
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Sieglindes Twinetime - http://www.fadenzeit.de/
Lace Artist Sieglinde Grigat's 'Occhi' gallery holds over 40 pieces of tatted artworks. Most pieces employ advanced techniques. She also works in bobbin lace, crochet and hairpin laces, knotted and knitted laces. |
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CD 2000 GALLERY - http://freespace.virgin.net/deborah.robinson/cd2000.htm
This unusual collection of over 400 laces was exhibited in England and the USA. |
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Lace Design - http://www.lace.nildram.co.uk/
Three lace artists encourage bobbin, and needle, lacemakers to give designing a try by offering case studies, tutorials, patterns and galleries. |
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La Encajera - The Lacemaker - http://www.realce.es/la_encajera/encaing.htm
Home page of the Spanish lace magazine. Patterns, competitions and calendar, plus 'Letter to the Reader' from previous issues. |
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Irish Carrickmacross Lace - - http://www.irishcarrickmacrosslace.com/
This Arduin Lace Collection was handmade by Mary O'Neill in Ireland. |
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Lacemaking - http://www.lacemaking.it/
Italian site describes works in buckspoint, torchon and milanese, and holds a gallery of over forty photos. |
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Bobbinlace Chat Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bobbinlace/
A group of over 300 bobbin lacers chat about projects, supplies and patterns. |
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"Mrs Dot" - http://freespace.virgin.net/deborah.robinson/index.htm
Freelance editor for Lace (the Lace Guild magazine), Deb's site contains knitted, bobbin and needle laces, plus plotted grids for designing your own lace patterns. |
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Lacemaking - http://lacemakers.lacefairy.com/
Thirty eight sites are linked to this web ring. |
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Isis Lacemakers - http://www.isis-lacemakers.org/
Homepage of lacemakers in Oxford UK includes calendar of events. |
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Alamo Bobbin Lacers - http://home.earthlink.net/~alamobobbinlacers/
An IOLI charter group, meets in San Antonio, Texas. Includes photos of annual demonstrations at the Folklife Festival. |
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Light house Lacers - http://my.name-services.com/43808/page99.htm
Based in Racine, Wisconsin, this group meets bi-monthly at a local library, and holds an annual workshop. |
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Lacemaker's Cottage - http://people.delphiforums.com/standart/
Scroll to the bottom of the page to find lace histories from 1500-1900, plus a gallery of laceworks. |
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Miniature Bobbin Lace - http://janincrete.homestead.com/lacemaking.html
Jan, from Crete, creates miniature lace and lacemaking supplies - including a complete lace shop. |
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Ruthan Designs Torchon Lace - http://ruthan.co.uk/
Doylies, mats, butterflies and a doll dress have all been made by this creative lacemaker. |
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Emily Clare, lacemaker - http://clutch.open.ac.uk/schools/willen99/w_employment/Clares/lace.html
Photo and historical background of victorian era lacemaker. |