Irish Lacemaking
Art, Industry and Cultural Practice
$289.04
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2025
Summary
Following the career of the Irish lace designer and inspector Emily Anderson (1856-1948), this book traces a network of designers, makers, organizations and institutions involved in the late-19th and early-20th-century Irish lace industry and explores their contemporary relevance.
Molly-Claire Gillett maps the Irish lace industry’s connection to stakeholders such as the British Department of Science and Art, the Cork School of Art, The Irish Agricultural Organisation …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350465510 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1350465518 |
| Author: | Molly-Claire Gillett |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Visual Arts |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 779g |
| Dimensions: | 238mm x 160mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Critical Craft Studies |
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Critics Review
Extremely persuasive and engaging, carefully crafted to provide us with a dynamic forward movement of the story with extra details interwoven where they further deepen the immersion into the rich world of Irish lace and crochet. * Lynda Fitzwater, Senior Lecturer in Communication and Culture, University for the Creative Arts, UK *A highly original and exciting approach to an unresearched area of textile craft history. * Andrea Peach, Professor of Craft History and Theory, Konstfack University College of Art, Sweden *
About The Author
Molly-Claire Gillett
Molly-Claire Gillet is a Postdoctoral Fellow co-located at the University of Galway, Ireland and Trent University, Canada. She works at the intersection of making, place and pedagogy, researching craft in Irish and Canadian rural women’s organizations.
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