Very interesting, thanks, Penny. Here in Derby (UK) we are only half an hour's drive from Nottingham, but I hadn't realised that "Nottingham lace" was used as a generic term for machine-made lace. I suppose it's all made in the Far East now, like most of the other textile production.
About 40 years ago I had a summer job at a local factory which made synthetic yarns and wove or knitted them into fabric. There was an old man who operated a machine which cut the punched cards for making patterned fabric on Jacquard looms. Seeing the cards in the photos reminded me of him. Kate Bunting Librarian & 17th century reenactor _____________________________________________________________________ The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any concerns to info...@derby.ac.uk. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
