Honiton lace - Wikipedia
Honiton lace is a type of bobbin lace made in Honiton, Devon, in the United Kingdom. Historical Honiton lace designs focused on scrollwork and depictions of natural objects such as flowers and leaves.
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Honiton Lace - Historic UK
Honiton made its mark in British history for creating some of the most beautiful material brought to popularity during the Victorian era. The picturesque landscape decorated with stunning botanical design provided the perfect setting for Honiton lace makers.
Honiton lace | Handmade, Needlework, Embroidery | Britannica
Honiton lace, bobbin lace made in England at Honiton, Devonshire, from the 17th century. By Honiton most people, however, mean the lace made there in the 19th century in which strong floral motifs are joined to a net (often spotted) background. …
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Lace Making – Allhallows Museum of Lace and Local Antiquities, Honiton …
Honiton Lace is made by hand in a miniature weaving process: the loom being made from pins placed through a pattern on a straw pillow. Very fine threads held on bobbins are woven back and forth to build up the pattern.
Allhallows Museum of Lace and Local Antiquities, Honiton, Devon
Mar 27, 2012 · We hold the largest collection of Honiton lace in the world, tracing the history of lacemaking in Honiton from the 17th century to the present day. You can see the first written evidence of lace production in Honiton; a brass plaque from the tomb of …
A (very) Little History of Honiton Lace – Bustle & Sew
Mar 31, 2021 · Honiton Lace is a delicate, floral style of lace, that creates pictures from fine thread – that’s nearly always white in colour. In contrast with “straight” lace that begins at one end and finishes at the other in a rigid design, Honiton lace is much more flexible, allowing extremely elaborate and complex designs to be created.
HONITON LACE - Devon Heritage
"Honiton Lace is a pillow lace which takes its name from Hontion, a little market town some 16 miles east of Exeter. "Bone lace" as it was called from the use of fish bones in place of pins, then scarce and valuable, was made in Devonshire in the 16th century, but it was not until immigrants from Flanders settled in these parts that the ...
Honiton Lace - Australian Lace Guild
Traditionally Honiton lace designs were taken from nature: flowers, flower sprays, butterflies and birds featuring prominently along with a few inanimate objects such as bells, ribbons and bows. Each sprig of Honiton lace is a complete piece of lace in its own right.