Here in Melbourne the Lord Mayor has hand-made lace - the Lace Guild (Victorian Branch) mad the cravat and double layered cuffs for the Stste's 150th birthday. I workded on one layer of a cuff! It was a fairly simple torchon design, and 5 pillows circulated throughout the State so any and every lacemaker could work on it if they wished. A woodworking husband mad a beaut wooden presentation box, and we had a nice "do" at the Town Hall to present it to the Mayor, who was very interested in it, and knew all the history of the Mayoral robes, etc. His 'dresser' immediately drtessed him in the lace, and robes so we could see the finished effect. We were shown some of the former (Machine made) lace cravats. The Dresser was very interested in the lace too. This was in 1985 or 6. Un fortunately, nowadays, many Mayors don't wear the lace - or the robes - they are considered "outdated in a modern society!"
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