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 ...
Six major lace manufacturing firms remain active today, including Desseilles Internationale, Noyon-Dentelle and Codentel, with 1,000 new styles of Leavers lace said to be produced yearly. Around three ...
The lace machines built by Heathcote and John Leavers revolutionised lace into a mass production industry.The machine was used for demonstration purposes in a patent trial, regarding the John ...
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