Merri Grace was one of my best, college friends. Together, we went everywhere. She lived on campus but I was too poor for ...

The laces made in Belgium during World War One are an important part of the lace holdings of the Division of Home and Community Life’s Textile Collection in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of ...

One very special group within the lace collection was made by Belgian lacemakers during World War One, and bought by American collectors to help support the Belgian people through the hardships of the ...

The Women United Through Handcrafted Lace and Embroidery (WUTHLE) helps Ilongga ex-Hansenites (people cured from leprosy) and their families learn the craft of lacemaking, which serves a dual purpose: ...

The spinning of the fine thread used for lace-making in the Netherlands is ... ever be taken from human hands by machinery. None but Belgian fingers are skilled in this art. The very finest ...