Six major lace manufacturing firms remain active today, including Desseilles Internationale, Noyon-Dentelle and Codentel, with 1,000 new styles of Leavers lace said to be produced yearly. Around three ...

The lace machines built by Heathcote and John Leavers revolutionised lace into a mass production industry.The machine was used for demonstration purposes in a patent trial, regarding the John ...

Swatch of machine made lace trim. White, open circle & diamond pattern. Lace is an openwork fabric, used for trimming outer and under clothing for women and girls - and until the 19th century, men, ...

“We make fabrics and trims. They’re usually used as they are but in that case they were cut out as individual motifs and reconfigured it as their own pattern. Cluny Lace directors John and Sheila ...