The Irish tradition of lace making staggers the imagination. It includes crocheted lace with picots and flower forms, Youghal needle lace with the design outlined in couching stitches using fine ...

CARRICKMACROSS, Ireland — In 2011, when 8-year-old Rebecca Keenan saw Kate Middleton wearing a veil of Carrickmacross lace to marry Prince William, she made a decision. Her First Communion veil would ...

I’m the ninth generation of my family to be in the lace trade. The Cluny Lace factory, near Nottingham, was built in the 1880s, but we had machines in Ilkeston and Long Eaton before then. By the 1730s ...

On a Friday night, members of the Brooklyn Lace Guild gather at the Old Stone House in Park Slope, rhythmically knocking together 3D-printed and traditional wooden bobbins. The crafters’ hands move ...

Only few people know the thrill of seeing their artwork on a U.S. postage stamp. Trenna Ruffner, a bobbin lace maker who lives in Grosse Pointe Park, happens to be among that relatively small number ...

Sarah Royce-Greensill is the Telegraph’s Contributing Jewellery Editor. An expert on the contents of the royal jewellery vaults, she reports on the latest trends and innovations in the rarefied world ...