Honiton (East Devon) lace sprig

This East Devon bobbin lace sprig is part of a collection of British and Continental lace put together by Charlotte Treadwin, an important lace manufacturer with a business based in the Cathedral Yard, Exeter. The collection was donated to the museum in the late 1860s for lace-makers and designers to study. Treadwin once stated that there was not a single lace-designer in the whole of Devon, and strove to improve this, employing an artist to draw out her designs, and studying samples to better inform her practice and experimentation with lace-making patterns and techniques. By 1868, the lace manufactory and showrooms were already based at 5 Cathedral Yard (now known as the Cathedral Close).

The business had already been granted the royal warrant from Queen Victoria in 1848, before Charlotte’s marriage to John Treadwin. This cross motif may be a sample design for an ecclesiastical piece.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
29/2006/195
Category
Decorative Art
Collection Class
Textiles and equipment
Common Name
Honiton (East Devon) lace sprig
Simple Name
lace sprig
Production Town
Exeter
Production County
Devon
Production Country
United Kingdom: England
Production Person Initials
Charlotte
Production Person Surname
Treadwin
Production Year High
1868

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Honiton (East Devon) lace sprig with cross design