Recent mention of the English lace school sent me to one of my early notebooks
where I found the record of my visit to Tiverton in July of 1980. It was my
first introduction to lace, having been an embroiderer since early childhood,
and I still have the brochure that Susan Cox handed out to our
I keep running across The English Lace School and Susan Cox. For some
reason I thought that the Sprigett's business had that name.
Can anyone explain the English Lace School and its role in the lace revival?
Devon
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LThe English Lace School was the first residential lace school in the Uk, first
based in Tiverton, Devon and started by Susan & Roger Cox, later moving to
larger premises in Rockbear, Devon. Sadly Susan passed away some 2/3 years ago
but while the school was still running, she was custodian of
Springett’s was the British College of Lace in Rugby, Warwickshire.
Diana in Northamptonshire
> On 15 May 2018, at 15:11, Devon Thein wrote:
>
> I keep running across The English Lace School and Susan Cox. For some
> reason I thought that the Sprigett's business had that name.
> Can anyone exp
Some were just weekends, some were 4/5 days and classes ran throughout the
whole year. There were other residential establishments but these were run by
local Borough Council educations authorities such as Missenden Abbey, Knuston
Hall, Northampton etc. Ann Collier, Pat Earnshaw, Mo Gibbs, N
Dear Devon,
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Some of the Arachne members who are now teachers studied under the late Susan
Cox. I have written to Arachne on this subject, and have one of the catalogues
for potential students in my library. Have you checked the archives? Many
times, the answers are right at your fingertips. Here
