See also: embroidered lace; Margaret Weir
Sources:
- EARNSHAW, Pat (1988). A Dictionary of Lace, Aylesbury: Shire Publications Ltd., p. 78.
- PALLISER, Mrs Bury (1865; 3rd edition, 1875), History of Lace, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle.
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Hamilton Lace
Example of Hamiton lace, late eighteenth century.
From: History of Lace, by Mrs Bury Palliser (1865), p. 404, Fig. 159.
Hamilton lace is a form of net lace or a loosely worked torchon lace (a form of bobbin lace), from Scotland, popular in the late eighteenth century, and allegedly introduced to Scotland by Lady Hamilton, born Elizabeth Gunning (c. 1733-1790).
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