I read this week a filler in the paper that said "all the famous lacemakersDepends what was meant by "lacemakers", and "were men" suggests historical rather than present day lacemakers
were men."
Now I don't know famous lacemakers nor if they were men or women, but I had
always thought that the men associated with lace were more like middlemen.
They would buy from a lacemaker and sell to the wealthier lords and ladies in
the communities, towns, and cities.
If anyone knows the answer to this I would appreciate the information.
There were people like Thomas Lester in the East Midlands (of England), John Tucker in Devon and Johann Hrdlicka in Vienna who were lace designers rather than lace makers, but who at the time may have been called "lacemaker" (and even John Ruskin who was an art critic but who lent his name to the 19th century revival of Reticella). Then there were the lace machine inventers/lacemakers like John Heathcoat and John Leavers, who also could have been called lacemakers. They were all men.
The famous people (in no particular order!) who actually made lace include:
Mary Tucker, Louise Tucker and their sisters
Suse Bernuth
Queen Alexandrine of Denmark
Elena Holeczyova
Sally Johanson
Louisa Tebbs
Barbara Uttmann
Elsie Luxton
Doreen Wright
Ghyslaine Maes
They were all women
Of the current generation of lacemakers, the "famous" ones tend to be those who have written books, though there are non-authors who have done a lot to promote lace and lacemaking and have become well known in the process. The vast majority of these people, but not all are women.
Brenda
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