Hamilton Lace

Example of Hamiton lace, late eighteenth century. Example of Hamiton lace, late eighteenth century. From: History of Lace, by Mrs Bury Palliser (1865), p. 404, Fig. 159.

Hamilton lace is a form of net lace or a loosely worked torchon lace (a form of bobbin lace), from Scotland, popular in the late eighteenth century, and allegedly introduced to Scotland by Lady Hamilton, born Elizabeth Gunning (c. 1733-1790).

See also: embroidered laceMargaret Weir

Sources:

  • EARNSHAW, Pat (1988). A Dictionary of Lace, Aylesbury: Shire Publications Ltd., p. 78.
  • PALLISER, Mrs Bury (1865; 3rd edition, 1875), History of Lace, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle.

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