large book of samples was assembled, showing the lace which the Winslow Lace
Industry offered for sale; many of the designs were very different from
those
being produced elsewhere in the region, some being copies of lace brought
back
from the continent by the Hubbard family and their friends.
Liz, I'm quoting from the introduction to the little book from the UK Lace
Guild called Torchon Patterns from the Winslow Sample Book:
The Winslow Lace industry was active from about 1875 to the 1920s. The area
around the small North Buckinghamshire town of Winslow had been well known for
its
