A new exhibition has been launched at Armagh County Museum to showcase the history of lace making across Ulster. Displaying ...

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).

Lace is an ornamental openwork fabric created by looping, twisting, braiding or knotting threads either by hand or by machine. The main categories of handmade lace are needle lace, bobbin lace and ...

Not too long ago, there was a time in Armenia’s history where nearly every woman, regardless of age or region, carried the ...

Faile explained that nearly all lace was created using one of two techniques: needle or bobbin. “Needle lace, the oldest, is an offshoot of embroidery using a single needle and thread,” she said.

When the design is finished, the pattern and cloth are pulled away, leaving a delicate piece of lace. One 45-centimeter piece of needle lace takes the women here about 200 hours to create.

“Threads of Power: Lace From the Textile Museum in St. Gallen,” on view until January 1 at the Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan, offers New Yorkers the first in-depth exploration of this ...

Lace also fits into a broader shift toward gender-fluid ... needles and shuttles at the Bard exhibition on weekends through December. The guild’s motto, Ms. Kanagy-Loux noted, is, “Lace ...

Lace is an ornamental openwork fabric created by looping, twisting, braiding or knotting threads either by hand or by machine. The main categories of handmade lace are needle lace, bobbin lace and ...