Lace school

Schools to teach lace-making until 19th century

Lace schools were common in Great Britain and Ireland from the 17th to 19th century to teach lace-making.

Lace schools were often the living rooms of small cottages and were known for being overcrowded, badly lit and often unsanitary. Girls and some boys were put to work at the age of six or seven and spent long hours bent over their pillows, learning the craft, until they could produce a marketable product. Some of the children were also taught elementary reading, but there was little other general education.

External links

Greensnortonvillage.co.uk - History - Lace Making in Greens Norton (archived 2006)
Laceschool.com - History - Erris Lace Schools

Lace types

Needle lace

Filet lace
Punto in Aria
Point de Venise
Point de France
Alençon
Aemilia Ars
Argentan
Argentella
Armenian
Burano
Halas lace
Hedebo embroidery
Hollie Point
Nallıhan
Point de Gaze
Kenmare Lace
Ñandutí
Oya
Pag
Puncetto Valsesiano
Tenerife
Youghal

Embroidery	Buratto Filet lace Reticella Limerick Needlerun net Tambour
Cutwork	Broderie anglaise Carrickmacross Lefkara lace Saba lace

Bobbin lace

Mesh grounds	Torchon Freehand Arras Bayeux Beeralu Blonde Bucks point Chantilly Chefoo Cogne Tønder Beveren Lille Binche Flanders Paris Valenciennes Antwerp Mechlin Ipswich 's Gravenmoer Mundillo
Guipure	Greek Genoese Bedfordshire Cluny Dentelle du Puy Liptov Maltese Yak lace
Part laces	Honiton Bruges Brussels Rosaline Point d'Angleterre
Tape	Cantù Milanese Hinojosa Russian Idrija Schneeberg Peasant 3 Pair Flanders