Carrickmacross guipure

Irish lace work

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Carrickmacross laces

  • Carrickmacross applique
    In Carrickmacross lace

    A rare guipure form has no net, the design elements being held together by buttonholed bars, and again the excess muslin is cut away. The two forms may occur together. The designs were frequently of simple flowers, their centres removed and the exposed net decorated with a…

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