COSTUME : LACE : CARRICKMACROSS

Object Name: Lace collar
Maker: Minnie Stewart (Primary maker)
Minnie Stewart (maker)
Date Made: late 1800s
late 1800s
Place Made: Northern Ireland: County Armagh: Portadown
Portadown
Description: A collar of Carrickamcross (guipure) lace. Bib-shaped, the collar has a very small allover pattern of scrolling flowers and leaves. At each corner and halfway along the sides are insertions of fine needlepoint lace. The collar (made to be worn with the opening to the centre front) is of fine muslin, the pattern outlined with cords of thread. The absence of any net background defines this work as the' guipure' style of Carrickamcross. Carrickmacross lace was made in Ireland from the 1830s until the mid -twentith century.
Materials: cotton
Catalogue Number: HOYFM.1703.1970

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