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Handmade Lace and Net: Ebb and Flow.

Trans Devon Assoc. Vol. XXXVI, (1904), pp. 135-143.

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Miss Constance Lee

Prepared by Michael Steer

The Paper was presented at the Association’s July 1904 Teignmouth meeting. The author asserts that in 1870 about 8,000 people were employed in making Honiton lace, but year by year after that, the industry had steadily dwindled. She provides reasons for the decline and presents an argument that the lace industry in England has generally been subject historically to an ebb and flow in production; and consequently profitability. In 1756 a great fire in Honiton caused terrible distress among lace–workers. The paper, from a copy of a rare and much sought-after journal can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.