She now has several hundred pieces, from small doilies to full-size, lace-trimmed linens, most made by American farm women from 1910 on. “Many farm women passed away the long winters with a lot ...

Travel in Europe. Artisan Italian crafts make meaningful souvenirs. August 18, 2019 at 2:01 a.m. by Rick Steves ...

Q. Can actual large lace doilies be used in a place setting? My girlfriend sent me some she found at a thrift shop and suggested I use them as part of my place settings for my Christmas dinner ...

Rachel Scott, 40, the New York-based designer behind the women’s wear line Diotima, was also inspired by the lace doilies she saw growing up.In her native Jamaica, the frilly pieces were a ...

The 150 examples of lace that form the core of the show come from the collection of the Textilmuseum St. Gallen, founded in 1878 by Leopold Iklé, a St. Gallen-based textile manufacturer (1838-1922).

P.LACE.S is on view at the museum and at four sites connected to the history of lace in Antwerp.Presentations at the Plantin-Moretus Museum, which holds one of the oldest archives in the world on ...