Queen Elizabeth the First of England regularly passed laws on claims to those who were allowed to wear lace and from where they could be imported. It was maliciously rumored that she stole some of Mary Queen's best French lace lace fashion from Scots from her personal belongings, which they sent from Scotland to their place of detention in England.
Lace was popular in the Rococo period, unprecedented in history. In the 17th century, its use was restricted by law to the nobility. Judicial standards of display demanded extravagance, especially in France and England, and for the adoption in court the court had to dress without taking into account the cost. All the laces were handmade and very, very expensive, and in order to buy enough lace for a large ruff, a person might have to sell several acres of vineyard to raise cash.
The ongoing ongoing laws on borrowing, rich ordinary people bought the latest outfit, putting additional pressure on the aristocrats to assert their status. Public demonstration of reproach nouveau riche a social climber would have to cut his laces with his aristocratic archers. By the 19th century, its use knew no bounds and anyone who could afford to wear lace as a status symbol. The more money, the more lace.
The first machine for the production of the network was built in 1764, and in 1809, John Heathcoat invented a machine for making lace. For several years, machines could produce a quality product, and by the 1940s lace production, as a manual industry, had truly become extinct.
In the past few years, lace production has been revived, as more and more people perceive it as a hobby, and the fashion industry re-reveals its beauty as pruning. In Monovar, in Spain, in the province of Alicante, there is still a school funded by the government where little girls are taught the craft. These days all kinds of people are doing it, men are included, in part it is very therapeutic - and you have a wonderful article at the end.
In Spain, the practice for mothers was to make all the decorations for her daughter. - sheets, pillowcases, towels - and in many regions that still persist, but also apply for other purposes. For example, in Galicia and Ciudad Real there appear very complex handkerchiefs with drawings and shields or specific symbols to be used as wall decorations. Historically, the mantilla, the emblematic shawl of Spain, often worn overhead, would have been made by hand, but now they are very rare, as they are incredibly expensive. Not surprisingly, when you learn that only a handkerchief, depending on quality, can vary from 30 to 300 euros.
