In 1970, when I was still quite a beginner at
lacemaking, I took a class at the Textile Museum
in Washington DC. I remember the teacher (the
wife of the then-Ambassador from -- where?
Gibraltar? the name escapes me) telling us that
we should reckon on making an inch per hour (a
square inch? a running inch?). I do think that
18th and 19th century lacemakers were indeed very
poorly paid, and probably didn't earn more than
whatever would have been the equivalent of the
minimum wage. I remember reading that at one time
lacemakers were being paid not in currency but in
food! -- Aurelia
She asked how long it
takes to do a bit & I wasnt sure.
are lacemakers so unskilled as to merit only a minimum
wage?
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