lace-making

The Sri Lankans learnt their lace-making from the Dutch, who colonised the island in the 18th century.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2012

Christina Binkley/The Wall Street Journal Threads on a lace-making machine are as thin as gossamer.

New Life for the Historic Art of Lace-Making Christina Binkley 2011

The RSN workers assisted the McQueen team in combining French Chantilly lace with English Cluny lace using the Carrickmacross lace-making process, which originated in Ireland in the 1820s.

Royal wedding dress under the microscope 2011

In the past few decades, Burano's traditional businesses, fishing and lace-making, have declined, and many locals have moved to the mainland.

Awakening the Sleepy Island of Burano Alessia Pirolo 2011

Charles V of Belgium, where arguably the finest lace was made, ordered the art of lace-making to be taught in every school and convent in the land.

The Changing Face of Lace 2011

I remembered her long hair that, as a child, I loved to brush and those delicate lace-making fingers, from which she also produced handmade peluches.

French Word-A-Day: 2008

I remembered her long hair that, as a child, I loved to brush and those delicate lace-making fingers, from which she also produced handmade peluches.

potiron - French Word-A-Day 2008

I remembered her long hair that, as a child, I loved to brush and those delicate lace-making fingers, from which she also produced handmade peluches.

French Word-A-Day: 2008

As an adult in Palestine, she established a network of lace-making schools around the country to provide a source of livelihood to hundreds of girls from destitute families.

Sarah Thon. 2009

In 1908 she opened the first school for lace-making in Neve Zedek, which was at the time still part of Jaffa, employing young women from the lower socio-economic class, most of whom were of Sephardi origin.

Sarah Thon. 2009