During the First World War, a group of women lace makers came together and founded the Lace Committee. The Committee managed to turn cotton thread, essential for lace production into a commodity that England and Germany negotiated over. This allowed all...
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During the First World War, a group of women lace makers came together and founded the Lace Committee. The Committee managed to turn cotton thread, essential for lace production into a commodity that England and Germany negotiated over. This allowed all Belgian lace-making centers to continue producing lace during the war, which was ordered by patrons, primarily from the United States. Hundreds of new motifs emerged during this period.
The new lace season tells the complex story and challenges associated with this war lace.
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