The art of lace-making is being kept alive at Honiton in East Devon, where the lace industry once employed hundreds of people. Centuries after Honiton lace became famous, young people in the town ...

This footage shows an elderly lace maker from Honiton winding her bobbins using a hand-turned wheel. She can be seen pricking out her pattern using pins 'pricked' onto a square pillow. The film ...

Honiton lace has been made in the Devon town of Honiton for hundreds of years. The traditional lace can only be made with Honiton lace bobbins which have a pointed end. These bobbins are likely to ...

Honiton Lace lady is honoured . 74 year old Mrs Pat Perryman from Honiton has been awarded the British Empire Medal for services to the Heritage of Lace-Making.

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Is lacemaking a dying art? Not in Eltham - where you can see a dedicated band of ladies stalwartlty trying to keep this beautiful art form alive. Lace was being made as long ago as the time of the ...

LOST INDUSTRIES: Honiton lace. If you're after high fashion you might head to the catwalks of Milan, Paris and London to see what's coming up next season.

First established by Queen Victoria in the 19th century, Honiton lace was once a key feature of royal wedding dresses. Honiton lace is a type of bobbin lace made in Honiton, Devon, featuring ...

HONITON AND MACHINE LACE. Share full article. July 9, 1876. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from July 9, 1876, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

Known as the Honiton Christening gown for the kind of lace used on the garment, the original was commissioned by Queen Victoria for her eldest daughter, Princess Victoria, in 1841.

Honiton lace was used for Queen Victoria’s wedding to Prince Albert on April 10, 1840, at the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace. Queen Victoria’s dress featured white satin with a deep flounce ...