Chemical lace. The design was machine embroidered onto a base fabric which was then chemically dissolved away.Collar with standing neck edge.

Belonged to Mrs Calder Oliver (donor's mother)Bobbin lace. A large Maltese lace collar.

Machine embroidered net scarf

Fashion accessoryTape lace collar. Machine made tapes with needle made filling stitches.

Fashion accessory.A collar of machine made lace imitating Carrickmacross. Machine muslin applique motifs on the body of the collar with Chemical lace motifs on the points.

Fashion accessory. Collar of Machine made tapes with needle made filling stitches.

Home made or hobby laceHandkerchief Machine made tape with needle made filling stitches

A Guipure lace, having a bar background. Fashion item. Costume trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

Double tiered Jabot with crochet edging

Costume trimming. Probably machine madeEdging. Cut edge is irregular

The roses show typical tiered petals. (Detail photo shows front and reverse of rose)Irregular shaped piece of Brussels mixed lace. Duchesse type Brussels bobbin lace with Brussels Point de Gaze needlelace inserts. Reclaimed from a much larger damaged piece.

This cloth belonged to Anna Sptiz (the donor's mother in law) and was part of her trousseau in the late 1800s.Mixed lace cloth with cutwork and insertions of Needlelace and of Filet. There is a border of Cluny style bobbin lace.

Use: Large silk collar. Fashion item.Bobbin lace collar

Use: domestic. household trimmingBobbin lace edging. sample

Use: Fashion item. Possibly ecclesiastic.Bobbin lace with needle made ground.

Use: Domestic. Household trimmingBobbin lace edging

Use: Domestic. FashionLeft hand fingerless mitten

Use: Domestic5 sided tatted mat

Use: DomesticRound tatted motif

Use: DomesticTatted motif

Use: DomesticTatted motif made from Semco Book Pattern no. 7

Use: DomesticTatted motif

Use: DomesticTatted Square

Use: DomesticTatted motif

Use: DomesticTatted motif

Sprang lace

Use: Domestic. Household trimmingCutwork lace edging

Use: Domestic. Household trimmingBobbin motifs appliqued onto machine net

Use: Domestic. Household trimmingBobbin lace edging