In 1907 Mrs. James W. Pinchot proposed to assemble a collection of arts and crafts for the Smithsonian Institution. To start this endeavor, Mrs. Pinchot and her collector friends loaned or donated ...

Bard’s survey of European traditions finally reveals exactly what Vermeer’s ‘Lacemaker’ was up to. François Hubert Drouais, “Marie Rinteau, Called Mademoiselle de Verrières,” a portrait of the ...

From linen-wrapped mummies to Silk Road trading and the high-tech fibre of NASA space suits, fabrics are woven throughout human history. "Fabric has allowed us to achieve extraordinary things and ...

Analysis: The Co Galway town was a big player in Irish lacemaking and a new community initiative is reviving that craft for the future Irish lace was a highly sought after luxury commodity, used to ...

The term ‘lace’ has a long history that pre-dates the use of the word as understood nowadays. In the English language the noun 'lace' and the verb 'to lace' are related to the Old French word 'laz'.