The nineteenth century saw a sad decline in the fortunes of the English hand-made lace industry yet in the East Midlands the period also witnessed some of its most interesting and remarkable designs. A key figure in this achievement was the Bedford lace merchant Thomas Lester. This book sets his designs and the development of his family business against the fashions of the period, the conditions in the industry and of its workers, and the relentless competition from machine made lace. The quality of his lace is assessed and illustrated from examples surviving in the collections of the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford and the Luton Museum, Bedfordshire.
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'..Miss Buck has brought to bear on her subject both a practical knowledge of lacemaking and a deep knowledge of the East Midlands lace industry.' Santina Levey in Costume, No 16.
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Anne Buck first studied lace and its history while working at the Luton Museum in Bedfordshire where she became deputy curator. She later became the first keeper of the Gallery of English Costume at Platt Hall, Manchester. She has been Chairman of several learned societies in the costume field, including the Costume Society, and has written numerous papers and books on various aspects of dress.
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A Charming History,
This review is from: Thomas Lester: His Lace and the East Midlands Industry (Hardcover)
This is a most informative book about bobbin lace in the East Midlands during the second half of the 19th Century. Lavishly illustrated (the photograph of the lappets with ostriches in the design was worth the price of the book to me), with a scolarly text, this book is for the historian. No patterns included, but plenty of inspiration for the designer or maker of bobbin lace.
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