This auction is for 4 metres of a beautiful black coloured lace edging.
The lace is 2” inches wide - ( Two inches wide )
It is made from a very good quality heavy gauge Cotton.
A truly beautiful little lace.
ALL my laces are made by us in the U.K at Cluny Lace Company Limited for over 200 years on our old Genuine Leavers Lace machines.
Also used in -
Tablecloths
Curtains
Aprons
Duvets
Pillow cases
Bedspreads
Sheets
Sets
Quilts
Blankets and Throws
Bags
Collars and Cuffs.
and All types of Clothing
ALL my family laces are Made in the U.K - Cluny Lace Company LTD .
We as a family are ' Very ' proud to be the makers of the lace on Kate Middletons - The Duchess of Cambridge, Royal Wedding Dress and underskirt.
We also made the Trims that were on the Bridesmaids dresses on the collar,cuffs and around the bottom of the beautifully made little dresses.
We are a small family run firm which has been making beautiful British laces for over 200 years and are still using the same machines and techniques used all those years ago.
These laces and all my laces are very 'vintage' in style .
They are made on these old machines and it is the closest you will ever get to handmade lace - made in such a way as to simulate the old fashioned handmade lace.
You can see if you look closely in the picture the lace is not completely 'flat'. This is the same in all my laces. So, there are two sides to all my laces with the 'outlined' side always being sewn uppermost on the object or garment.
We are very proud of the laces we still make today.
All the laces I have listed are still made in England today - by my family of lace manufacturers - Cluny Lace
Our company- the last manufacturers of cotton leavers laces in the UK, is owned and managed by the eighth and ninth generations of my family – we were already framework knitters and flax dressers by the 1730s and started making lace when this fabric was first produced by machines in the 1760s, at the start of the Industrial Revolution. Throughout the last one hundred and fifty years our company Cluny Lace has continued to build up a data bank of hundreds of lace patterns. By combining the best of old traditions with new technology we are still able to produce in a wide range of exquisite designs of Leavers Cluny style lace allovers, edgings and insertions and Leavers Fine Cotton Valenciennes style lace allovers, edgings, galloons and insertions. Many of the lace patterns still used today were designed and draughted by the sixth and seventh generations of the family. No other manufacturer in the world produces the same range of patterns and these patterns are unique to us.
A Leavers machine is in fact two machines; a wide machine working on the principle invented by Mr. John Leavers in Nottingham, England in 1813, twists together the threads to form a fast net, and a jacquard machine, adapted for use on the Leavers machines between 1836 and 1841, puts in the patterns. The machine weighs 17 tons and twists 10,000 threads simultaneously to make this beautiful lace. The Leavers machine is said to be the most complicated textile machine in the world.
When the laces are made on these huge old machines the resulting lace comes off the machine in a colour we call 'greige'. This is the raw undyed cotton which is also fairly dirty from the black lead which is used in making the machines run smoothly. In order to dye the lace to whites (which incidentally there are 120 different shades of!) / ecru or any other colour the lace has to go through a rigorous process of scouring, dyeing and finishing in extreme temperatures and is stretched on large looms to pull the cotton laces back into shape and to set the width. All the laces have a 3 to 5 % composite which is not cotton - usually nylon and occasionally polyester to help the cotton hold in the dyeing process and cope with modern washing machines which would ruin the lace without it! In the 'trade' strictly speaking a garment or fabric can be called cotton as long as it has at least 95% cotton composition - which all our laces have.
PLEASE PLEASE ask for a total if you win more than one lace as it does make a difference in the shipping cost u.k and overseas. I do combine to reduce postal costs.
N.B The Royal Mail have increased their prices again. I WILL always quote the STANDARD Delivery price at close of auction. It is preferred that my buyers choose RECORDED delivery which for the U.K is an additional £1.10p or ' International Signed for ' which is an additional £5.00. If you select the STANDARD postage / shipping delivery, I cannot be held responsible for undelivered or lost items. I do always aim to get the best possible price for my customers
****If you are buying more than one item then please ask for a total as I am always happy to combine multiple purchases to reduce postage / shipping costs, although their new pricing structure seems to be quite confusing **** (as Royal Mail are very expensive for the service you receive!)
N.B I can send by courier a parcel weighing up to 10 kg for £8.50 postage. If you have multiple wins and if you let me know - bidding over a few weeks to “fill” a box would be fine. This will make the postage costs a lot cheaper - just let me know. Only to mainland U.K (For the Highlands and Lowlands please ask)