IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This sample of handmade torchon ...

The lace of today is the result of efforts made in previous centuries. During the Miocene period, Pierolapithecus (an extinct species of primate), wove the first stitch to make his nest. This was ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This sample of handmade torchon ...

In the dim light of the sacristy of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Joseph Stricklen slowly unfurls a roll of blue cloth. Wrapped protectively within that plain length of blue is a piece of linen edged in ...

Robin Lewis has a mission. She aims ”to give life to this obscure art, to blow off the dust and bring it into the 20th Century.” ”This obscure art” is bobbin lace, also called pillow lace, bone lace ...

A gentle clacking of wooden pins filled in any conversation lulls as the MidMichgan Lacemakers held one of its first in-person meetings since the coronavirus pandemic began last year. The late Judy ...