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<strong>Identifying</strong> <strong>H<strong>and</strong>made</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Machine</strong> <strong>Lace</strong><br />

Characteristics of <strong>Machine</strong> <strong>Lace</strong> – Barmen <strong>and</strong> <strong>Machine</strong> Embroidered<br />

Illus.28<br />

Barmen lace<br />

border,<br />

1920-30,<br />

cream silk. A<br />

very close<br />

copy of Cluny<br />

lace (NCMG ???)<br />

Illus.29 <strong>and</strong> 29a (reverse side above)<br />

Border embroidered by „h<strong>and</strong> machine‟, from the trimming on a baby‟s carrying mantle, 1870-80. The<br />

pattern repeats are identical, especially noticeable when the thread passes from one motif to the next.<br />

(NCMG 2006-239 © Nottingham City Museums)<br />

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