Vis a vis your question about Scottish lace.
Well...also in the Blackborne Collection at the MMA is a single piece of
something called Hamilton Lace which is explained on pages 430 and 431 of the
Dover edition of Palliser. (The piece in our collection might well be
classified as torchon if
The Honiton revival, the impetus to protect and preserve Bucks Point, and the
finest of the Beds laces all derive in one way and another from the new designs
and the new enthusiasm for handwork exemplified by the Arts and Crafts
movement,
so the movement didn't so much create new laces in
