Guipure Carrickmacross Lace
- Guipure Carrickmacross Lace
GUIPURE CARRICKMACROSS LACE
A fine white embroidery on linen cambric and connected with lace stitches. Originally started by nuns in Europe, later Saxony adopted it and then France about 1750, afterwards the art was taken up in Scotland and Ireland. Both fine cotton and silks were used.
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