Photograph: Lace belonging to Major F. N. Carpenter of Garreglwyd, Llanfaethlu

PHOTOGRAPH: Lace belonging to Major F. N. Carpenter of Garreglwyd, Llanfaethlu.

CORRESPONDENCE concerning the lace which Major Carpenter wanted to sell to A.C.C.

The lace dates to 1650 - 1675

Although no definite date can be given for the ‘invention’ of lace, it is most likely that what we now regard as lace arose in the early sixteenth century. Open woven fabrics and fine nets that had a lace-like effect are known to have existed for centuries, but their techniques did not contribute to those developed for the great European laces. Early references to ‘lace’ in English texts almost certainly refer to ‘ties’, as this was the primary meaning of the word lace until well into the seventeenth century. There is pictorial evidence from the late fifteenth century of simple plaited laces used on costume, and this is consistent with the statement by the author of a bobbin lace pattern book the Nüw Modelbuch printed in Zurich in 1561, that lace was

brought to Zurich from Italy in about 1536. What is certainly true is that the second half of the sixteenth century saw the rapid development of lace as an openwork fabric, created with a needle and single thread (needle lace) or with multiple threads (bobbin lace). Bobbin lace evolved from braids and trimmings worked in colourful silks and silver-gilt threads and used as surface decoration for both dress and furnishings.

Dim cyfyngiadau/ No Restrictions

Adnau preifat / Private deposit

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Cyflwr da /Good condition

Compiled by Amanda Sweet for Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives

https://www.laceguild.org/a-brief-history-of-lace

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Ni ddisgwylir croniadau/Accruals are not expected