Genealogy Projects tagged with Macramé on the Geni Family Tree

Lace Makers

Lace Makers= Pictured right: Maltese Lace It seems most likely that what we now regard as lace arose in the early sixteenth century. Early references to ‘lace’ in English texts almost certainly refer to ‘ties’, as this was the primary meaning of the word lace until well into the seventeenth century.There is pictorial evidence from the late fifteenth century of simple plaited laces used on costu...