Carrickmacrossn.
Used to designate certain forms of lace made in Carrickmacross (see quots.).
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Flanders-laced1670
Chantilly1806
Limerick lace1839
Carrickmacross1861
Limerick1886
Binche1902
Teneriffe1907
1861 Queen Victoria Let. 23 Aug. in Dearest Child (1964) 346 A very pretty flounce... But it is not Carrick Mackross.
1864 Morning Post 16 May in F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace (1865) xxxv. 416 A lady's dress is described as having the train, and petticoat ‘trimmed with Carrickmacross point lace’.
1888 A. S. Cole Irish Art Lace-making 6 Carrickmacross Appliqué Lace..stitched on to net (appliqué)..has an appearance somewhat similar to Brussels appliqué lace.
1919 R. Firbank Valmouth viii. 141 A rich muff of Carrickmacross lace.
1947 J. E. Pethebridge Man. Lace 11 Carrickmacross lace is the oldest lace made in Ireland.
1970 Sunday Tel. 22 Mar. 9/2 An industry that 10 years ago was..based on Irish tweeds, hand-knitted sweaters, and hand-made Carrickmacross lace.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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