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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Our response to all these points was to create an individual
merchandising technique which offered flexibility, utilising minimal floor/sales
area, yet was capable of displaying a variable number of products, which could
be merchandised with little or no disruption to the existing sales floor
personnel To ourselves, the beauty of our envisaged “Elizabeth Cooke Nottingham
Lace concept” was that the product range presented <b>no risk</b> to our manufacturing (standard batch sizes/quantities) for distribution
to the individual sales outlets requirements. Yet these outlets were so varied in
their individual activities, footfall, and clientele choices, we needed to answer
the routine replenish of an outlets diminishing merchandise with stocks of the products
sales which would become popular within their own individual location and customer
activity levels <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Our problem was
multi-fold – <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">First</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">, we had to persuade the individual Distributor managements
to trial our products. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Second </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">and just as important, where and how the products could be <b>located and merchandised </b>within their
existing, often limited, sales floor area. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Third </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">who could be relied upon to ensure <b>merchandising</b> was always actioned regularly and effectively (with
due regard to the effective positioning and replenishment) of each individual
product best suited to sales potential of each differing, selected/nominated
outlet<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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provided with their own relevant restocking routine <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Fifth </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Create a marketing/supply situation which functionally
appealed to everyone, avoiding risks to all parties<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Six </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Design a Sales Price/Profit margin and Payment Routine which
was acceptable and removed risk to all parties <b> <o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The answer we arrived at, was quite unique.. ..
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">We suggested to
Distributors that<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">We</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> provide/loan one “special” floor standing rotating merchandiser
(requiring only ONE SQUARE M of floor space) delivered, fully stocked with our
regular, routine merchandising within their premises. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Thus there was
NO investment /risk to the Distributor (other than by thieving ) as the goods
always belonged to ourselves<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In return for this service our<b> INVOICES against actual replenished sales - verified by the
Distributors staff (at the time of merchandising) were ALWAYS paid promptly on
a monthly basis<o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">A WIN WIN
situation for ourselves and each sales outlet </span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">ensuring that the important aspect of this total initiative
provided both the Distributor and ourselves with agreeable/acceptable profits
whilst removing the risk of investment in overstocking and wasteful cash flow .<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">We achieved al this this within the actual resources we created
within our established Nottingham base<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">MOST IMPORTANTLY from our perspective this
situation/agreement enabled us to schedule and produce batch quantities of each
product, in the confidence that we would never “over manufacture” any one
particular design - for the varying and cumulative sales levels of each
Distributor ensured we could always balance the content of our product
manufacturing with the flexible requirement of sales. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Now how did
the sales and work-in-progress stack-up<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">We could achieve this quite easily by adding/subtracting/replacing
the actual quantities of individual products on each individual merchandiser,
thus catering for each individual /specific sales outlets demand. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">A positive situation which could readily with accommodate any/most
change in the overall/seasonal demand .<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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giftware market, the next phase is quite vital</span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><b>Market research</b></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">The products to be manufactured and offered to
the public must meet certain criteria. Criteria which can only be established
by visiting, looking, recording, taking photos and discussions with sales
people within local. potential sales / tourist centres and outlets - This is
phase is VITAL</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">All the information obtained ( names, addresses,
emails, images, footfall, competitive product ranges, sales prices etc
etc ) must be carefully logged together with the mileage to/ from the outlet
with grid and other cross references for quick access and future route planning
(sales, merchandising, delivery and route scheduling.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Having created a discovery file , it is now
possible the begin thinking about a product range which accommodates and are
within selected acceptable "sales price points" incl VAT ie
£3.99, £5.99, £7.99, £9.99, £14.99, £20.99 re bearing that these are sales
prices the sales outlets will want/ need to sell at. We must also take into
account/into consideration that an Distribution/Sales outlet will expect to
offer the goods to the consumer at 2x the price they have to pay.. ..</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Do I hear you say ? Wow! That throws a
spanner into the works , particularly when considering the manufacturing costs
plus a margin for yourself . This is exactly our initial thoughts . However NOT
to be dismayed, more often than not there is an acceptable solution. This
is where clever design, astute buying, flexible manufacturing and a unique
merchandising technique comes into the equation - providing a WIN/WIN
situation for everyone in the chain<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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conducted our market research , we wre much better equipped to begin the next
phase - creating our own individual collection Nottingham Lace gift products,
targeted towards the tourist sector.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">We had established the price points our product
sales prices should meet, which in turn dictated and controlled product design,
manufacturing cost, distribution AND merchandising involvement/cost, Sales
margins etc. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">However,
inevitably adjustments and small comprises will always be necessary during the
overall process.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">A major factor in the project was manufacturing.
This is one, if not THE most critical elements in the overall project. Here is
where our background and family genealogy came into play. Our ancestors in the
mid 1800's were "Stockingers" and "Bagmen" in Burton
Joyce and surrounding villages, this involved "everyday" individuals
working in and from home, on their own or rented machines, producing whole or
part of products, in and for the local lace/textile industry (designated as
"Home" Workers). This is the procedure which we successfully revised
and re- established in BJ & the surrounding area.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">The next phase in the project will be to locate
a local supply of relatively LOW quantities of VARIOUS patterns, sizes and
styles of genuine Nottingham Lace materials at a VIABLE COST . Possible,
yet not an easy attained achievement . However we will keep this particular phase
of the project to ourselves at this point.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">So once having established production and sales
merchandising costs - the availability of material patterns/sizes and
manufacturing capability - we began to investigate and create product
designs within the perimeters of the actual costs limitations and the ultimate
requirement of the selected Sales Price points at the Distributors ( noting our
material costs/manufacturing cost/ and own profit margin), <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of the products we successfully included within our portfolio<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b>"Elizabeth Cooke - Nottingham Lace "</b> <b>The story of
the creation , development & history of a highly successful small business
initiative into a national retailing project & the resulting demise created
by a Foot & Mouth epidemic</b></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">The birth on "Elizabeth Cooke - Nottingham
Lace" actually evolved from a promotional product design project
undertaken for the English branch of the Italian company - Golden
Lady (Manufacturer of Ladies Hosiery) based in Huthwaite/Notts.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">The company's English Managing Sales Director
was looking for a small inexpensive Nottingham Lace related "Give
Away" incentive gift to accompany the launch of their Hosiery products in
a major well known London Retail Store.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">The reaction by the 259 lady consumers who
received the "promotional gift" was so dramatic that my wife
suggested she wanted to pursue the initiative further by designing and adding
several other "low value" Nottingham Lace products to a unique
gift range for the tourist /visitor market.</span><br />
<br /><span style="background: white;">To achieved this - " Elizabeth" approached several outlets in Nottingham to
gauge their reaction. At this point the initiative was named “Georgio Romani”
adopting a taste of the roman era within Burton Joyce.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="background: white;"> The next stage is still a
little mysterious, in that we were approached to enter the products in the
Nottinghamshire Tourist Authority to enter the range in the "Best of
Nottinghamshire Product" competition.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="background: white;"> After several anxious weeks the
event " Award " evening arrived, and to cut a long story short - our
Nottingham Lace products ( Georgio Romani) were adjudged the winner amongst
half a dozen or so others competitors<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The very next day was if the world had suddenly become aware
of the existence of our small Nottingham Lace interest , with press wanting to
come and interview , Hodsock Priory and other
Historic Houses ringing up asking if they could sell our products. </span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">As a
direct result of this initial interest it was decided to approach all local NT
houses with a view to establish and consolidate our existence within the
tourist sector. Every NT property we approached began to stock our product and
achieved a small number of sales, however it quickly became obvious that there
was a vital ingredient missing in our sales efforts – <b><i>product</i></b> <b><i>merchandising<o:p></o:p></i></b></span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span>
<b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Fortunately after a
relatively short period we developed a unique SOLUTION</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> - this solution spontaneously developed and
was recognised by all our potential stockist as an effective NO RISK WIN/WIN situation – a sales/merchandise
offer which became impossible a genuine Gift Retailer to resist.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Over the next couple
of years we had established <b>141 retail
outlets nationally</b> all taking our goods when and which needed regular
routine replenishments - a scheme with
ZERO redundant/obsolete stock for anyone
<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">HOW DID WE DO IT? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">First of all we realised that in order to create a successful
small business in todays quick moving environment, we had to create a product
or service with a unique selling point. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Regretfully the "FOOT an MOUTH" cattle decease and Tony Blair's decision to close the countryside down overnight created catastrophy for many small business as per ours </span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">However here is the background to our story and the thinking behind our venture </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">As per </span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bakewell</span></b> <span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Tarts, <b>Melton Mowbray</b>
Pork Pies, <b>Stilton </b>Cheese, <b>Devon</b> Cream Scones, etc Note all food products with repetitive
purchasing habits<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">What did we have at out finger tips ? – Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood, .<b>Nottingham
Lace</b>. All these 3 are world renowned and attracted interest nationwide.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Our obvious choice was <b>NOTTINGHAM LACE</b> because our research
showed that this product appeals to the adult tourist though out the entire UK
in cities & a multitude of visitor
centres/attractions and souvenir outlets<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">So we had the product !! ..
.. </span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">our should we say we had direct
legitimate access to the genuine/authentic fabric to create a product<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">What should the actual products be.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Manufactured from genuine Nottingham Lace – <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">created locally – <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">be individual in design/concept – <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">be offered
at a sales price which attracts tourists of all ages – <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">be offered direct to retailers at a price/acceptable
margin – <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">does NOT require retailers to invest in stock -
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">does NOT require retailer to merchandise –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 18.0pt;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">be part
of a package which stimulates retailers to agree and meet PROMPT monthly invoice payments –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">provided
with a merchandising system which give flexibility to retailer WITHOUT demanding
counter/wall space –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">provide a WIN/WIN situation for both Retailer and Supplier – <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">be part of an integrated range of products
appealing mainly to children, the younger generation and Adults –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">and MOST IMPORTANTLY be capable of being manufactured locally ( by
outworkers within local villages) promptly and in quantities of 100 off or so<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">be created from genuine materials constantly available
from a Nottingham source at a really attractive prices<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">be part of a product range of some 20 plus
designs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">There must also be further points also which did not immediately come to mind however<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">DID WE ACHIEVE THESE REQUIREMENTS – YES ! YES!
YES!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Eventually.. and with 141 OUTLETS NATIONWIDE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">- including 6 Hotel Receptions ,3 Local Council Tourism Centres, plus numerous
Visitor Attractions and least 4 local Motorway Service Stations. In a short
time we had giftware at Belvoir Castle, Belton House, Clumber Park, Rufford
Park, also within all 3 CentreParcs operations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Our early success in persuading visitor centres/locations to
sell our products, presented new hurdles for us to understand and overcome<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Initially we difficulty in persuading Managers/Buyers to
consider our products .</span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The problem
arose with stock levels/replenishing/merchandising/payments/margins/
non-selling stock/delivery scheduling etc etc.. Insurmountable
hurdles for the vast majority of new small businesses. Or were they?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">A further problem arose in establishing an acceptable “Merchandise
spot” within specific sales floor. A “spot” which satisfied the individual Departmental
Sales Manager/Assistant ( These staff
are aware of the existing highly rated/ preferential sales spots within their
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <b> Genuine world renowned Nottingham Lace at <a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_756824355">www.english</a></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><a href="http://lace.co.uk/">lace.co.uk</a></b></span><br />
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Elizabeth's unique "SIGNATURE" collection of Nottingham<b> </b>Lace Table Dressing can be created to suit customers precise requirements of shape and size</div>
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They are created from WHITE cotton or polyester centre, edged and trimmed with CREAM "Cluny" Lace .</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173623957759016099.post-64509037927044289802014-01-12T04:10:00.004-08:002014-01-12T04:10:47.542-08:00AUTHENTIC “QUALITY STREET” Tweets<div class="MsoNormal">
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<i>For all those who occasionally :-) miss my "Quality Street" tweets - re my genuine Nottingham Lace tablecloths</i></div>
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Genuine Nottingham Lace Tablecloths R attractive/rare & NOT mass produced -
DIRECT ONLY via the <a href="http://t.co/NKEPRPXIOG" target="_blank" title="http://www.englishlace.co.uk"><span style="color: #0084b4; font-size: 1.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">englishlace.co.uk</span><span style="color: #0084b4; font-size: 1.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></a>
NOT the HIGH ST<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Another full year ahead choosing a gift of true unique individuality,
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ONLINE collection of GENUINE Nottingham Lace Tablecloths available DIRECT, free
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collection genuine Nottingham Lace Tablecloths & Dressings 32 designs /213
products ONLINE & available DIRECT Superb gift<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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-Another description for "World Renowned" Nottingham Lace.
"VINTAGE" Nottingham Lace is also relevant - visit <a href="http://t.co/NKEPRPXIOG" target="_blank" title="http://www.englishlace.co.uk"><span style="color: #0084b4; font-size: 1.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">englishlace.co.uk</span><span style="color: #0084b4; font-size: 1.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Satisfy the urge to collect. Gifts with genuine intrinsic value & antique
potential. 4 any occasion/event. See <a href="http://t.co/NKEPRPXIOG" target="_blank" title="http://www.englishlace.co.uk"><span style="color: #0084b4; font-size: 1.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">englishlace.co.uk</span><span style="color: #0084b4; font-size: 1.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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o:spid="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/415445845551497217/N2_IKP8e_normal.png"
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Case for being recognised as a genuine ANTIQUE in the "not-
too-distant" future - see Worldoflace Blog -www.worldoflace.blogspot.co.uk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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o:spid="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/415445845551497217/N2_IKP8e_normal.png"
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established couple Consider genuine "Nottingham Lace" as a LIFETIME
gift for 2014 Valentines Day <a href="http://t.co/NKEPRPXIOG" target="_blank" title="http://www.englishlace.co.uk"><span style="color: #0084b4; font-size: 1.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.</span><span style="color: #0084b4; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">englishlace.co.uk</span><span style="color: #0084b4; font-size: 1.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">NOTTINGHAM LACE MARKET - Once the heart
of the world's </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lace" title="Lace"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">lace</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> industry during the days of
the </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">British Empire</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, full of impressive examples of 19th century industrial architecture
and thus a protected heritage area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">It was never a </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market" title="Market"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">market</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> in the sense of having stalls, but there were salesrooms and </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warehouse" title="Warehouse"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">warehouses</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> for storing, displaying and
selling the lace. Most of the area is typical </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_architecture" title="Victorian architecture"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Victorian</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, with densely packed 4-7 story red
brick building lined streets. Iron railings, old gas lamps and red phone boxes
a plenty also help give the through walker a sense of going back in time to
Victorian </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">England</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adams_Building_Nottingham" title="The Adams Building Nottingham"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Adams Building</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> (now part of the City
campus of </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_College_Nottingham" title="New College Nottingham"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New College Nottingham</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">) was designed by </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Chambers_Hine" title="Thomas Chambers Hine"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Thomas Chambers Hine</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> and was built for </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Adams_(manufacturer_and_philanthropist)" title="Thomas Adams (manufacturer and philanthropist)"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Thomas Adams</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, a notable Quaker who did much
to improve the typical Victorian working conditions in his factories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The area is sited on the area of the
original </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons" title="Anglo-Saxons"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Saxon</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> settlement that became Nottingham, and also boasts the
oldest </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian" title="Christian"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Christian</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Foundation in the city, predating the </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest" title="Norman conquest"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Norman conquest</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Church,_Nottingham" title="St. Mary's Church, Nottingham"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">St. Mary's Church</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, on Low Pavement is believed to
be the third church to have stood there but was itself completed in 1474 and is
an excellent example of early English </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular_Period" title="Perpendicular Period"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Perpendicular architecture</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Another fine piece of architecture in
the Lace Market area is a warehouse designed by </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_Fothergill" title="Watson Fothergill"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Watson Fothergill</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, a prolific local architect
responsible for some 100 buildings in the area between 1870 to 1906. His work
in the </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_revival" title="Gothic revival"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Gothic revival</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> and Old English </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernacular_architecture" title="Vernacular architecture"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">vernacular</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> styles was very popular in </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_times" title="Victorian times"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Victorian times</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, and means that many shops,
banks, houses and even churches are enlivened by </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turret" title="Turret"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">turrets</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargoyle" title="Gargoyle"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">gargoyles</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_Tudor" title="Mock Tudor"><span style="color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">mock Tudor</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> beams and other distinctive features. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Accreditation </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><a href="http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/images/titles/swinnerton1910title.gif">http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/images/titles/swinnerton1910title.gif</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
Nottinghamshire hosiery industry was never so concentrated as Nottingham Lace.
About 6ooo hands were employed by it in the city, and over 5000 in the
neighbouring towns and villages, such as Mansfield, Arnold, Beeston, Hucknall
Torkard, Ruddington, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Until
the sixteenth century every family made its own hosery. In 1589 the Rev. William Lee of Calverton,
near to Nottingham, invented a machine for making stockings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: #333300; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> This machine came to be called the “stocking-frame”
and could be driven and worked by one man.</span><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> NOTTINGHAM LACE TABLECLOTHS <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- The <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Inevitable Antique </span></b><br />
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trade in the East Midlands and the southwest of England. At the height of the
trade at the beginning of the 1900s, when machines were also worked in
Scotland, more than 16,000 males were employed in the industry, the majority
making lace. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Female workers were in the minority in lace
factories, and while men's hours were controlled by their shifts, those of
women and children were controlled by the auxiliary tasks required. Until 1861
hours were completely irregular, for both women and children could be required
to work at any time that the machines were running, although apparently the
work only amounted to about 10 hours in every 24. </span><br />
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left the factories in the large webs of unfinished cotton or silk up to 420
inches wide and 50 yards long. From these the black lead needed to be removed,
and they needed to be bleached, dyed, dressed and be subjected to a number of
other processes to convert them into finished lace acceptable to the public,
whether it was a one inch breadth or edging, curtain or tablecloth, or hat
veiling, mittens or shawl. All finishing processes were centred in and around
Nottingham and all were labour intensive.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">By far the largest majority of workers employed
in lace finishing were female. Conditions in the many dyeing, dressing rooms
and warehouses of Nottingham were frequently singled out for criticism by the
Employment Commissions of the 1800s, even though the strongest strictures were
reserved for conditions among the outworkers. Tuberculosis and poor eyesight
were just two of many occupational hazards. Dyeing employed mostly males, the
dressing rooms mostly female. Particular attention in the 1800s was focussed on
the poor conditions in the dressing rooms which often had low ceilings and were
heated to temperatures frequently above 100 degrees so that diseases incidental
to those exposed to high temperatures were common.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Many warehouses in the Nottingham Lace Market were conversions of
dwelling houses of the 1700s and working conditions were usually poor. However,
even the purpose-built warehouses in the Lace Market, such as those of Thomas
Adams, were criticised as being ill-ventilated and overheated. Although Adams
did provide daily chapel services and he and others were praised for the dining
halls and adequate toilet and washing facilities for their mostly female
employees.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From 1800 normal warehouse hours were 8am to 8pm, six days a week,
although these often extended to midnight in busy periods, and by 1860s a half
day on Saturday was more frequent. Fortunately for warehouse employees at the
beginning of the 1860s the time of the last luggage train to London was changed
so that parcels had to be at the station by 7pm, previously it had been four
the following morning. In addition the few male employees were expected to
protect the warehouse, to the extent of sleeping there one week in every three.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">However the worst conditions occurred in the
workshops and private houses used in outworking and in this poorly-paid section
of lace finishing women, children and young persons continued to work long,
irregular hours in unhealthy and overcrowded positions into the 1900s.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The lace Bagman or outworker mistress would collect work from a
warehouse at an agreed price and then would either distribute it out to other
women - the second and third-hand mistresses - or assemble a group in her own
home. In 1842 children as young as two or three did outwork, although by 1862
the average starting age had risen to about eight years old.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Before the advent of patterning by the machine more
than 20,000 women and children embroidered the net, those who ran in the
pattern being called the lace runners. Later mending, separating the lace,
(drawing), and cutting out surplus threads, (scalloping or clipping and
cropping), became more usual.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Work was seasonal, and during a 'rush job'
finishers would work through the night; prams filled with lace could be seen
going to and from the warehouses at all hours. The number engaged in lace
outwork was given as 5,016 in 1907 but the true number will never be known
because from oral evidence it would seem that often all members of a family,
from grandparents to schoolchildren, would contribute to the family income with
lace outwork.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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may seem from a 21st Century point of view in the 19th Century machine-made
lace work was considered better than other industries.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Males had a definable career structure and
training and a comparatively high level of remuneration compared to many occupations.
And, even though for females there was little scope for advancement and their
low remuneration and poor working conditions attracted unfavourable comment,
yet in 1833 the hours of seven and eight year old warehouse girls were
considered better than those of factory children as they were more regular,
usually from 8am to 1pm and 2pm until 6pm, with an hour off for lunch.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There is little doubt that all things being equal
there is little or no chance that the techniques and demands within the 1800 to
mid 1900 “cannot/will not” be tolerated nor used in the present nor future
centuries. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Therefore it is MORE PROBABLE
than POSSIBLE in my opinion that eventually present day and older “Genuine World
Renowned Nottingham Lace” products will actually become accepted as a genuine ..</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">..</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In the mid 1990's Elizabeth Cooke Nottingham Lace Giftware became
available in at least 16 outlets including 6 Hotel Receptions ,3 Local Council Tourism Centres, plus numerous
Visitor Attractions and least 4 local Motorway Service Stations. In a short
time we had giftware at Belvoir Castle, Belton House, Clumber Park, Rufford
Park, In all 3 Centre Parcs operations.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our earl</span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">y success in persuading visitor centres/locations to
sell our products, presented new hurdles for us to understand and overcome<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Initially we had difficulty in persuading <b>Managers/Buyers</b> to
consider our products </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The problem arose
with stock levels/replenishing/merchandising/payments/margins/ non-selling stock/delivery
scheduling etc etc..</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Insurmountable
hurdles for the vast majority of new small businesses. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Or were they? Certainly NOT</span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">A further problem arose in establishing an acceptable “Merchandise
spots” within a particular sales floors. A spot which satisfied the individual <b>Departmental
Sales Manager/Assistan</b>t ( Theses staff
are aware of the existing highly rated/ preferential spots within their “patch”
. Areas which invariably produce consistently good levels of sales and as a
result do not want then jeopardised or put at risk with introduction of a new
and unproven product line ) </span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> .<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Our response to all these points was to create an individual merchandising
technique which offered flexibility, utilising minimal floor/sales area, yet
was capable of displaying a variable number of products, which could be merchandised
with little or no disruption to the existing sales floor personnel. </span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This merchandising technique was instrumental in establishing approx 140+ sales outlets countrywide (over a 3 year period of controlled growth) each stocked and merchandised direct from/by <b>Elizabeth</b> Yes really!</span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">A merchandising technique which complemented and integrated precisely with our manufacturing method of imitating the <b>"BAG MAN"</b> method of producing lace goods - a technique <b>used in the mid 1800 < early 1900's ,<o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">"<b>Elizabeth Cooke - Nottingham Lace " The story of
the creation , development & history of a highly successful small business
initiative into a national retailing project</b> </span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Plus the resulting demise created
by a Foot & Mouth epidemic)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">The birth on "Elizabeth Cooke - Nottingham
Lace" actually evolved from a promotional product design project
undertaken for the English branch of the Italian company - Golden
Lady (Manufacturer of Ladies Hosiery) based in Huthwaite/Notts.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">The company's English Managing Sales Director
was looking for a small inexpensive Nottingham Lace related "Give
Away" incentive gift to accompany the launch of their Hosiery products in
a major well known London Retail Store.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">The reaction by the 259 lady consumers who
received the "promotional gift" was so dramatic that my wife
suggested she wanted to pursue the initiative further by designing and adding
several other "low value" Nottingham Lace products to a unique
gift range for the tourist /visitor market.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Together we achieved this resulting and
"Sandra Elizabeth" approached several outlets in Nottingham to
gauge their reaction. At this point the initiative was named “Georgio Romani”
adopting some of the roman era of Burton Joyce. The next stage is still a
little mysterious in that we were approached to enter the products in the
Nottinghamshire Tourist Authority to enter the range in the "Best of
Nottinghamshire Product" competition. After several anxious weeks the
event " Award " evening arrived, and to cut a long story short - our
Nottingham Lace products ( Georgio Romani) were adjudged the winner amongst
half a dozen or so others competitors<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The very next day was if the world had suddenly become aware
of the existence of our small Nottingham Lace interest , with press wanting to
come and interview , Hodsock Priory and other
Historic Houses ringing up asking if they could sell our products. As a
direct result of this initial interest it was decided to approach all local NT
houses with a view to establish and consolidate our existence within the
tourist sector. Every NT property we approached began to stock our product and
achieved a small number of sales, however it quickly became obvious that there
was a vital ingredient missing in our sales efforts – <b><i>product</i></b> <b><i>merchandising<o:p></o:p></i></b></span><br />
<b><i><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Fortunately after a
relatively short period we developed a unique SOLUTION</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> - this solution spontaneously developed and
was recognise by all our potential stockist as an effective NO RISK WIN/WIN situation – a sales/merchandise
offer which became impossible a genuine Gift Retailer to resist.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Over the next couple
of years we had established <b>149 retail
outlets nationally</b> all taking our goods when and which needed regular routine
replenishments - a scheme with ZERO
redundant/obsolete stock for anyone <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b>HOW DID WE DO IT? thats to follow later ;-) </b></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b>in the meantime why not visit my latest project at </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> THE DEMISE OF NOTTINGHAM’S LACE MARKET<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Lace Market district was developed during the nineteenth century.
Essentially what <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">had been a domestic trade became
industrialised with the development of machinery for <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">mass producing lace. This in turn
led to the need for large buildings to house the machinery <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">and workers. There was also a
need for extensive warehousing. The architecture and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">streetscaping of the Lace Market
was a responses to these needs. Nottingham became one <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">of the leading centres of Lace
production in the nineteenth century. The major producers vied <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">with each other to build the
grandest factories. Often the owners copied the front elevations <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">of stately homes on the frontages
their factories. The factories themselves were showplaces <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">of industrial pride. Most of
these structures are remain although the industry itself has <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">virtually disappeared. The built
environment remains as a reminder of a historic industrial <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">legacy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The physical core of the Lace
Market built environment was and is represented by a <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">number of large & distinctive
industrial buildings that had been developed in the nineteenth <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">century for the purposes of
producing and distributing Lace for national and international <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">markets. The industrial wealth of
nineteenth century Nottingham had been closely linked to <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">the lace industry. The lace
industry in Nottingham suffered a rapid decline in the early <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">twentieth century. There was no
obvious use for these large buildings. By the nineteen fifties <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">many had fallen into disuse or
multi - occupancy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Nottingham Lace Tablecloths Link - <a href="http://www.quintessentialenglishlace.co.uk/">www.quintessentialengllshlace.co.uk.co.uk</a></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173623957759016099.post-81987986517911961622013-12-27T03:39:00.004-08:002013-12-27T03:39:52.192-08:00The TRUTH surrounding NOTTINGHAM LACE<h3 style="color: #424242; font-family: Futura-reg, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; margin: 9px 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">
Nottingham Lace Story</h3>
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<img src="http://www.quintessentialenglishlace.co.uk/images/other/Image199.gif" style="border: 6px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 16px 10px 10px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">Elizabeth - “The truth surrounding “Nottingham Lace”</span><br />From the early/mid 1800 Nottingham became THE hotbed for Machine Made Lace with exports world-wide), this continued until the industry’s demise with the onset of the war years.</div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">It should be noted that the true and original Nottingham Lace Machines were “14 point” and have 17920 threads. They were 8 Metres long, and if one thread unfortunately breaks the whole machine is stopped, while the damaged thread is located and replaced. ( costly – yet there was no other answer ).</span></div>
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Nottingham lace is usually referred to as <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">“Leavers”and / or “Cluny”</span> although later the operation of Nottingham Lace manufacturing, also began to include/utilised the <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">“Rachel” technique</span></div>
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However, even though manufacturing numbers are dramatically reduced today, several highly reputable, specialist manufacturers/suppliers of “<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">world renowned Nottingham Lace</span>” still operate today, with one single yet reputable manufacturer actually based in Scotland</div>
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It is from individual styles of lace manufacturers, which we access the quality materials used within our collections and are offer DIRECT to the consumer</div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">“Nottingham </span> is also the<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">perfect place</span> for the<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">"finishing" </span>of lace,as the city and area is built on “bunter sandstone”, this physical environment and location creates the <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">“brightest” water, free from all organic matter, yet containing Chlorine and Ammonia</span>. These two natural constituents present in the water, assist greatly the bleaching and cleaning process which produces <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">"quality finishing"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;"><em>“Nottingham Lace is famous world-wide. Yet of the two processes necessary to the manufacture of machine-made lace – making and finishing - only the latter was solely concentrated in Nottingham. The functions needed to convert the large dirty webs of lace from the factories into the fine, finished fabric so beloved by the Victorians and Edwardians were to be found in numerous locations in the Nottingham conurbation. Hence, the famous Nottingham lace girls in their pristine white blouses and long skirts thronging the streets of Nottingham’s Lace Market were but a part of the finishing section of the industry and not the actual makers of lace” ( </em></span><em>ref Sheila A Mason<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">)</span></em></div>
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Today the Nottingham's lace industry is compact, with a small numbers of individual specialist supplier/provider companies - our personal and business friends</div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">“NOTTINGHAM LACE IS THE GENERIC ORIGINAL”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">IT IS and has been THE BRAND LEADER for 200 YEARS</span></div>
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***Nottingham's lace is copied and imitated in countries world-wide, and offered as authentic <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Do not be mislead..*</span>**</span></div>
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<img src="http://www.quintessentialenglishlace.co.uk/images/other/image002.jpg" style="border: 8px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 12px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /> <img src="http://www.quintessentialenglishlace.co.uk/images/other/image003.jpg" style="border: 8px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 12px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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<img src="http://www.quintessentialenglishlace.co.uk/images/other/image004.jpg" style="border: 8px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 12px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /> <img src="http://www.quintessentialenglishlace.co.uk/images/other/image005.jpg" style="border: 8px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); height: auto; margin: 12px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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Nottingham is a City built on its Lace Making heritage. Illustrated are several buildings which are known as the “Nottingham Lace Market” we will continue to perpetuate this great heritage.</div>
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The world trade in lace was centred in and around Nottingham. It's reputation for innovation and the creating of machine made lace was unequalled and envied world-wide.</div>
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The “Nottingham Lace Market” attracted Buyers from all over the world and is a multiplicity of huge and impressive purpose designed warehouses and now designated a “conservation area” of National significance.</div>
<img src="http://www.quintessentialenglishlace.co.uk/images/other/image006.jpg" style="border: 8px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); color: #848484; float: right; font-family: Futura-reg, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: auto; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 18px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /><br />
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The huge Victorian buildings, the culture, skills and ingenuity of generation on generation is testament to the unique Lace Heritage of Nottingham and the surrounding areas.</div>
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However now-a-days manufacturing and production have moved on a pace. Gone are the huge major lace manufacturing companies and machinery. The vast majority of these huge buildings , whilst still in existence, have now been converted and adapted to a 21<span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">st</span> lifestyle</div>
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Today’s Nottingham Lace industry still exists, but it is no longer the colossus of old, yet todays genuine product, lacks none of its historical quality, persisting as a truly “specialised niche” industry serving/providing customers world-wide products with genuine individuality</div>
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Why settle for a lesser alternative?. <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">Nottingham Lace</span> was and still is created with the past skills and ingenuity with a current generation which is also “generic”......</div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;"><br />Elizabeth - “The truth surrounding “Nottingham Lace”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">Nottingham Lace is world renowned for quality and individuality</span></div>
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<br />It is based upon the invention of a <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">John Leavers</span>.</div>
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Throughout the last two hundred years <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">“Cluny Lace”</span> in particular has combined the best of old traditions with new technology in producing exquisite designs of <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">Leavers “Cluny”“lace all-overs, etc”</span></div>
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For those with a historic or mechanical interest a <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">Leavers machine </span>is in fact two machines; a wide machine working on the principle invented by Mr. John Leavers in 1813 twist together the threads to form a fast net, PLUS <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">a jacquard machine -</span> adapted for use on the Leavers machines sometime between 1836 and 1841. This include the facility and opportunity to create individual patterns.</div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">The jacquard machine</span> is attached to the <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">Leavers machine</span> by 60 < 160 steel bars - each 4 thousands of an inch in thickness. It is via these steel bars that the warp threads are threaded at pre-determined intervals.</div>
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The instructions as to the movement of the steel bars/warp threads are given by a pack of laced cardboard cards punched with holes which revolve around a cylinder, - this particular concept inspired modern computer technology. The lateral movement of these warp threads is held fast and twisted by the bobbin threads of the Leavers machine and turns the basic net appearance into exquisite patterns of beautiful Nottingham Lace</div>
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<img src="http://www.quintessentialenglishlace.co.uk/images/other/Image199.gif" style="border: 6px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); float: left; height: auto; margin: 0px 16px 10px 10px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">Elizabeth says.. .. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">OUR GUARANTEE<br /></span></span>We have always been dedicated to supplying collections of Nottingham Lace products direct to the consumer at attractive prices, We implicitly guarantee, that all our materials/products are sourced from/with well established, “bona-fide”, Nottingham Lace companies producing/supplying their Nottingham Lace products –</div>
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Your will be instantly aware that we base the wide choice of our adaptable Collections on the basis of today’s lifestyles. Both formal and informal dining tables can be dressed quite simply, often using matching Table Runners, Placemats and Napkins settings for both informally or fully formal dressings .</div>
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Todays manufacturing and production facilities have now moved on a pace. Gone are the huge major lace manufacturing companies and machinery The vast majority of these huge buildings , whilst still in existence, have now been converted and adapted to a 21<span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">st</span> lifestyle and use</div>
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Today’s Nottingham Lace industry still exists, but is no longer the colossus of old, yet todays genuine product, lack none of its historical quality and reputation, persisting as a truly “specialised niche” industry providing customers world-wide with products of genuine individuality</div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;"><em>Why settle for a lesser alternative?......</em></span></div>
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Nottingham Lace was and still is created with the skills and ingenuity of a current generation, which is also “generic......”</div>
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The invention of machine made lace affordable to middle class homes. However it did offer an alternative and opportunity for example – In 1889, the three sons of a successful English carpet weaver started a textile business in the USA. The three brothers imported lace looms from Nottingham, England to pursue their vision of producing machine made lace textiles. This story is similarly repeated throughout many overseas countries – <em>“Opportunists, purchasing “second hand” redundant “Nottingham Lace machines” from here in the UK exporting them and re-assembling to produce their product which they term as <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">genuine Nottingham Lace.”.</span> </em><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">.. Uumh</span>! “Handmade lace used to be a thing of luxury that only the wealthy could afford in their homes.</div>
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Yes just in case you missed it the first time ………………..</div>
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“Handmade lace used to be a thing of luxury that only the wealthy could afford in their homes. The invention of machine made lace affordable to middle class homes. However it did offer an alternative and opportunity for example – In 1889, the three sons of a successful English carpet weaver started a textile business in the USA. The three brothers imported lace looms from Nottingham, England to pursue their vision of producing machine made lace textiles. This story is similarly repeated throughout many overseas countries – <em>“Opportunists, purchasing “second hand” redundant “Nottingham Lace machines” from here in the UK exporting them and re-assembling to produce their product which they term as <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">genuine Nottingham Lace.”.</span> </em><span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">.. Uumh</span>! </div>
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The story can be repeated in several European countries also. But the results are always the same – <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;"><em>imitations of the original</em></span> <span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">Identifying Handmade and Machine Lace</span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">The main types of hand and made machine lace</span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">There are two basic types of hand-made lace:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">needle lace</span> which is created by using a needle and thread and variations on buttonhole stitch and</div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">bobbin lace</span> which is made by twisting and plaiting a large number of threads, each wound onto and weighted by a bobbin, on a stuffed pillow (the terms bobbin and pillow lace are interchangeable).</div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">There are four families of lace machine:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">1). The stocking frame, invented by William Lee in Calverton, Nottinghamshire, in 1589</span>, to knit stockings. Unlike the hand knitter who knits one loop at a time, the stocking frame knits a row of loops in one operation on hooked needles. In the 1760s, with various adaptations, the stocking frame made lace by transferring stitches from one needle to another. Robert Frost made the first surviving piece of Nottingham lace by using a carved wooden cylinder to dictate the transfer of stitches. Later, a perfect net was made on the stocking frame and embroidered for sale.</div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">A cousin of the stocking frame is the warp frame</span>, invented in the 1770s. Instead of the stocking frame's horizontal row of needles and loops, it had vertical columns of loops which zigzagged to interconnect. It proved a very versatile machine; modern equivalents making not only fabrics but „string'bags for fruit and vegetables.</div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">The Raschel machine</span> was invented using the principles of the warp frame by A Barfuss in Germany in 1859. The Jacquard apparatus (see under Pusher machine below) was adapted to it in the 1870s. The Raschel machine could work at higher speeds than the Leavers machine and proved the most adaptable to the new synthetic fibres, such as nylon and polyester, in the 1950s. Most contemporary machine-made lace is made on Raschel machines.</div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">2)</span>. <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">The bobbinet machine,</span> <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">invented by John Heathcoat</span> in Loughborough, Leicestershire, in 1809,makes a perfect copy of Lille or East Midlands net (fond simple, a six-sided net with four sides twisted, (two crossed). The machine uses flat round bobbins in carriages to pass through and round vertical threads. John Heathcoat moved his factory to Tiverton in Devon in the 1820s. Much expanded, it still makes net.</div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">The Pusher machine is a variation of Heathcoat's machine</span>, <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">created by Samuel Clark and James Mart</span> in 1812. It takes its name from the rods which pushed the carriages through the machine. TheJacquard apparatus (a system of cards punched with holes invented for the weaving loom by J MJacquard in France in about 1800) was adapted to it in 1839 but it could only make the pattern and the net. The outline had to be put in by hand or later, by embroidering machine. <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">Nottingham stopped making Pusher lace probably in the early 20th century</span> but it continued being made in France.</div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">The Leavers machine is an adaptation of Heathcoat's machine by John Levers</span> (the a' was added to aid pronunciation in France) in Nottingham in 1813. The original machine made net but it was discovered that the Jacquard apparatus (invented in France for weaving looms by J M Jacquard in about 1800) could be adapted to it. <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">From 1841 lace complete with pattern, net and outline could be made on the Leavers machine.</span> <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">The Leavers machine is probably the most versatile of all machines for making patterned lace. Leavers lace was Nottingham's chief lace product until recently. Now there is only one British firm (not actually in Nottingham) which still makes it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">The lace curtain machine, invented by John Livesey in Nottingham in 1846</span> was another adaptation of John Heathcoat's bobbinet machine. It made the miles of curtaining which screened Victorian and later windows. <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">Nottingham stopped making lace curtains in the 1980s and curtain lace in the 1990s. </span> </div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">3). The hand-embroidery machine was invented by Joshua Heilman in Mulhouse, France in 1828.</span> It used pincers both sides of a piece of fabric, needles pointed at both ends, and single lengths of thread. A hand-operated pantograph dictated the movements of the needles which were grabbed by the pincers and pushed through the fabric. It makes a perfect copy of hand embroidery except that all the pattern repeats are identical. Lace is made by embroidering on machine-made net or on a fabric which is dissolved away by chemicals („chemical' lace) or burned away by heat („burnt out' lace).</div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">The Schiffli embroidery machine was invented by Isaac Groebli in 1865.</span> It uses two lengths of thread one on one face of the fabric, one in a shuttle on the other, to make a lockstitch. Like Heilman's machine it's movements were originally dictated by a hand-operated pantograph. Most embroidered laces are made using the Schiffli machine either on net or a soluble fabric.</div>
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Nottingham, Plauen in Germany and St Gallen in Switzerland make a lot of machine embroidered laces.</div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">4). The Barmen machine</span> was developed in the 1890s in Germany from a braiding machine. Its bobbins imitate the movements of the bobbins of the hand-made lace maker and it makes perfect copies <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">of torchon</span> and the simpler hand-made laces. <span style="color: #424242; font-size: 16px;">It can only make one width at a time and does not have the pattern potential of the Leavers machine</span>.</div>
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Other techniques used for making lace </div>
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Crochet; made with a hooked needle, the basic stitch is a chain; used for all sorts of dress and furnishing trimmings; the finest is known as „Irish crochet' no matter where it was made; imitated by Schiffli machine </div>
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Knitting; by hand; made by dropping and picking up loops; used occasionally for children's dress and underwear trimmings; sometimes used for furnishings </div>
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Tatting; made with a shuttle and sometimes a pin and ring; it is characteristically made in rings or ovals, often edged with small loops; rather limited in pattern, usually used for collars and cuffs, but sometimes also as mats</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173623957759016099.post-36169969683795011862013-12-21T05:32:00.002-08:002013-12-21T05:32:28.291-08:00Quaker Lace<div style="border-bottom: solid #AACFE9 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #AACFE9 .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0cm 0cm 2.0pt 0cm;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The most popular pattern for Quaker Lace tablecloths is called the
White House. The weight of lace is considered an indicator of its quality. The
weight is calculated by the yarn count per inch. Quaker Lace's White House
pattern has the heaviest weight. The name was inspired from the lace tablecloth
that was used during the Eisenhower administration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The next highest quality pattern is called Gardenia. This floral
pattern is thicker than most of the other Quaker lace patterns. Another floral
pattern is called Rose Rhapsody.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Another popular pattern for Quaker Lace is called Religious. This
lace pattern consists of Christian symbols such as praying hands, churches,
Bibles and crosses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">These elegant lace tablecloths not only look beautiful for a
formal dining table setting, they also look amazing on other types of furniture
as a decorative<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://interiordesign.lovetoknow.com/Elegant_Home_Accents" title="Elegant Home Accents"><span style="color: #003399; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">home accent</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal;">The Demise of the
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Quaker Lace found success in the early 1900's because of the
public's interest in lace products and the company's ability to make
fashionable lace products affordable to middle class families. Unfortunately,
changes in the textile industry and the declining market for lace products
resulted in the first of many transitions for the company. In 1987, the factory
at 4th and Lehigh ceased production of machine made lace on the Nottingham
looms but continued to bleach, dye, cut and package the lace products, which
were now being manufactured in Lionville, Pennsylvania and Winthrop, Maine.
However, after several leading retail department stores which carried Quaker
Lace products closed, the company finally had to declare bankruptcy in 1992.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">A company by the name of Lorraine
Linens bought the rights to the Quaker Lace name and patterns and attempted to
continue the legacy of Quaker Lace products until it too had to file for
bankruptcy in 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">This is an opportunity to explain a
few terms associated with lace - so here goes</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Applique</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">: Lace with springs , leaves and other designs
sewn to the net<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif;">. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bobbins</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">: Small elongated wooden or bone reels on which
the tread is wound</span><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cutwork</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">: Embroidery with part of the base fabric cut
away. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Darned Net :<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Embroidery on machined Net</span><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dressing</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">: The cleaning, drying, stretching etc. of the
brown net to produce the required finished dimensions</span><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Duchesse</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">: A mixture of bobbin and needlepoint
laces. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Fillings</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>: Different types of stitches</span><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Furnishing
Lace<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">: Includes
tableclothes, napery and bed linen.Curtains are made on huge curtain machines
and some tableclothes and napery are also made on Leavers
machines. But the
Raschel machine, increasingly dominant in the curtain trade is also capable of
producing quite elaborate tablecloths </span><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Gauge</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">: The fineness of the net. The larger the number
of points the finer the lace <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Guipure :</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Lace of a bold design with jointing
bars open ground</span><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Jacquard</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">: The mechanism controlling the pattern by a
system of differential thread selection </span><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Leavers
:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Named after
John Leavers who invented a machine in 11813 still widely used. A modern
machine has also more than 40,000 moving parts which twist thousands of
individual</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Bangle, serif;">threads to produce lace very similar in
construction to the pillow laces of the past<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Needlepoint
: </span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lace made with a needle
and thread using buttonhole stitches <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Point :<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Term loosely applied to fine
quality lace<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pillow
or Bobbin Lace :<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lace made on pillows
or cushion by twisting and plaiting threads attached to bobbins. To distinguish
to needlepoint from bobbin lace use a magnifying glass. if the solid part of
the pattern - that is the clothwork - is made up of looped threads the lace is
needlepoint; if it plaited it is bobbin lace<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pricker
:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Short instrument used
in bobbin lace making for putting holes in the parchment that in the required
position to receive the pins<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pusher<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: Lace made on the Pusher machine
, principally used for copying Chantilly lace in the 1800's<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Raschel<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span>The Raschel machine has been
developed to produce at high speed a wide range of delicate, knitted laces in
large quantities<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Torchon</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: Bobbon lace of
loose texture and geometrical pattern copied by
machine <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Warp </b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>: The yarn around which the bobbin
thread is twisted<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Other lace terms </span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">- Maltese, Mechlin,
Chantilly, Lille, Cluny, Eidelweiss ( chemical lace), Valenciennes, Sandfly,
Blond, Runner, Patterned,Pillow, Plain net, Point net, Comb, Runner, Scalloper,
Slip winder, Stamper, Stripper, Threader, Warper,Winder, Spotted silk, Blond,
Black, Quilling, Irish guipure,Ecru, Hexagon net, English net, Nottingham net,
Buckingham lace, Brussels net, Barmen lace etc etc.. .. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173623957759016099.post-23677171306004939362013-12-21T04:26:00.000-08:002013-12-21T04:26:17.169-08:00Early Development of Lace and Laces<h1 align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt;"><br />In the late 16th century there
was a rapid development in the field of lace. There was an openwork fabric
where combinations of open spaces and dense textures form designs. These forms
of lace were dominant in both fashion as well as home décor during the late
1500s. For enhancing the beauty of collars and cuffs, needle lace was
embroidered with loops and picots.</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lace#cite_note-Decoratingwithlaceoutlet.com-2" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><sup><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">[2]</span></sup></a></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Objects resembling lace bobbins
have been found in Roman remains, but there are no records of Roman
lace-making. Lace was used by clergy of the early Catholic Church as part of
vestments in religious ceremonies, but did not come into widespread use until
the 16th century in northwestern part of the European continent.</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lace#cite_note-3"><sup><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">[3]</span></sup></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The popularity of lace increased rapidly and
the cottage industry of lace making spread throughout Europe. Countries like<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Italy</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" title="France"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">France</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Belgium</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Germany</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(then<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Holy
Roman Empire</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">),<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Czech
Republic</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(town of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vamberk" title="Vamberk"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Vamberk</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">),<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Slovenia</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(town of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idrija" title="Idrija"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Idrija</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">),<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Finland</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(town of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rauma,_Finland" title="Rauma, Finland"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Rauma</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">) England
(town of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honiton" title="Honiton"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Honiton</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">),<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Hungary</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Ireland</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta" title="Malta"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Malta</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Russia</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Spain</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Turkey</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">and others all have established heritage
expressed through lace.</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lace#cite_note-Decoratingwithlaceoutlet.com-2"><sup><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">[2]</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In North America in the 19th
century, lace making was spread to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Native American</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">tribes through<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionaries" title="Missionaries"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">missionaries</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">.</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lace#cite_note-4"><sup><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">[4]</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">St.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Francis_Regis" title="John Francis Regis"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">John Francis Regis</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">helped
many country girls stay away from the cities by establishing them in the
lacemaking and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embroidery" title="Embroidery"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">embroidery</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">trade, which is why he became the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patron_Saint" title="Patron Saint"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Patron
Saint</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">of
lace-making.<sup>[</sup></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><i><sup><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">citation needed</span></sup></i></a><sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">]</span></sup><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In 1837, Samuel Ferguson first used jacquard
looms with Heathcoat’s bobbin net machine, resulting in endless possibilities
for lace designs.</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lace#cite_note-Decoratingwithlaceoutlet.com-2"><sup><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">[2]</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Traditionally, lace was used to
make<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablecloth" title="Tablecloth"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">tablecloths</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doily" title="Doily"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">doilies</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">and in both men's and women's clothing. The English
diarist<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pepys" title="Samuel Pepys"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Samuel
Pepys</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">often
wrote about the lace used for his, his wife's, and his acquaintances' clothing,
and on May 7, 1669 noted that he intended to remove the gold lace from the
sleeves of his coat "as it is fit [he] should", possibly in order to
avoid charges of ostentatious living.</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lace#cite_note-5"><sup><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">[5]</span></sup></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Today’s Lace industry in Nottingham is much more compact and specialised, but still very active and just as creative as in the earlier years. To explain: We live and operate from Burton Joyce - a small village within “The Box” and we have excellent relationships and associations with 'friends' within the industry - all within a short drive away .</div>
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<img src="http://www.quintessentialenglishlace.co.uk/images/BJO%20pano.jpg" style="border: 8px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); display: block; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0px 10px 10px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" />For example:</div>
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Within our own village, it was a local 'friend'/supplier ( regretfully no longer with us) who provided the unique beautiful lace trim for “Diana the Princess of Wales” in her Wedding Gown, - we use laces from this source in our custom created 'Bridal veils and Mantillas'.</div>
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We only use genuine English Net for our Veils and Mantillas, supplied by another 'friend' based within Nottingham City ( 10 minutes away)</div>
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Another business associate, also local, a supplier/maker of exquisite Nottingham Lace trims, created the Lace trims for 'Fergie', The Duchess of York's Wedding Dress. We also use their trims for our Veils and Mantillas.</div>
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Our exclusive “Quintessential English” Nottingham Lace and Linen Table Cloths Collection, incorporates designs by Nottingham's "Doyenne of Table Dressings" - Tablecloths, Runners, Napkins, Placemats etc are based only 10 minutes away.</div>
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Our exquisite, attractive and fashionable “LACEY” /Wool and Mohair Stoles and Shawls are produced and supplied to us, direct from their Historic Frame Workshop/Factory, sited just west of the centre of Nottingham City. We know, that several members of the Royal Family, were/are regularly snuggled up in Baby Shawls created by this Company, this includes the 3 Princes presently and directly inline, Charles 'The Prince of Wales', 'Prince William the Duke of Cambridge' and now the newly born 'Prince George'.</div>
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"We invariably use all of these suppliers of quality 'All-over Laces' & Trims etc, within our Products Range, which resulted in us achieving 'The B est Local Product A ward' with our very first products.</div>
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Visit our website <a href="http://http%3B//www.englishlace.co.uk">www.englishlace co uk </a></div>
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<b>World Renowned Nottin</b>gham Lace Tablecloths</h4>
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Are these tablecloths still readily available ? - Of course !<br />
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Where ? From the specialists, - naturally!<br />
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Who are the specialists ? - A well established Nottingham organisation with "LACE in their GENES"<br />
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Do they have an unrivalled product range ? - YES ! 32 different designs with 213 actual variations<br />
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Do they have a website with shopping cart ? - YES of course<br />
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How do I contact them ? at <a href="http://www.englishlace.co.uk/">http://www.englishlace.co.uk </a>or <a href="http://www.quintessentialenglishlace.co.uk/">http://www.Quintessentialenglishlace.co.uk</a><br />
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How long have in business ? 20 plus years<br />
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Interesting info - Actually many ancestors were Stockingers and Bagmen throughout in BJ thro-out<br />
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1800/1900 "Nottingham Lace is in our genes"<br />
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