April 13-May 13
Lace was once a luxury embellishment that was highly valued by European royals and nobles, and a symbol of wealth and power. With advances in technology, handmade needle or bobbin lace is now rare, but machine-made lace has yet to be able to recreate many of the sophisticated techniques and patterns of earlier craftspeople.
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