IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This set is a pattern of Valenciennes ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This sample of handmade torchon ...

When Swedish immigrant Carolyn Hjelmerus came to Minneapolis in 1889, she brought with her a bobbin lace sample book. More than 130 years later, Minneapolis artist Amy Sands discovered excerpts from ...

The sound of wooden bobbins, the interweaving of dozens of threads and the barely perceptible dance of hands - it’s impossible to take your eyes off! Lace from Vologda isn’t just about beautiful ...

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