Lyn makes the point that airfare was getting cheaper so that there would have been more exposure to lace. In fact, the first time I saw it was on a vacation trip to Bruges probably in the late 1960s. I was an adolescent, and there were girls my age making lace by the canals.
I have always thought it was the steamship that resulted in the first lace collecting craze in the late 19th, early 20th century, when wealthy Americans were able to travel to Europe with greater ease than previously. Devon Sent from Mail for Windows 10 - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
