In the past, bobbin lace was a domestic or household activity, which was mainly done by women in the countryside and rural areas to support their families.
Bobbin lace products were also companions of many rituals and customs, from baptism to marriage and death.
In 1963, there were still 13,000 lace-makers working in our region, but in the last decade, lace-making has almost disappeared.
That is why it is all the more gratifying that recently there are more and more designers who use lacework patterns in contemporary designs.
They are using some of the old, cobwebby patterns that were woven from thin, even thinner, and thinnest threads so that a lady’s collar had to be ‘just a breath’.