Carrickmacross Lace

by Nellie O Cleirigh and Nellie O'Cleirigh

Carrickmacross lace was originally inspired by some Italian appliqu ' lace which Mrs Grey Porter, wife of the Rector of Donaghmoyne, a small village northeast of Carrickmacross in County Monaghan, brought back from her continental honeymoon in 1816. Her interest in this lace led to an exploration of the craft with her sewing maid, and by the following decade she had evolved an individual style and established a cottage industry in her home parish,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851054366
• ISBN13: 9780851054360
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: Colin Smythe
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 11.7"