Artefact of the month 2026

Milanese bobbin lace with spider ground filling.  Needle made ground which may be replacement for original bobbin ground.  96 x 13cm.  Donation from Gilian Dye.

Knitted edging.  19th or 20th Century.  66.5 x 8cm.  Donation from Mary Taylor of lace from Maureen de Sausmarez's Collection.

Covid Mask, machine made lace from Calais, France 2020.  23 x 15cm.  Donation from Pompi Parry.

Bedfordshire Bobbin lace. Very similar to a known Thomas Lester pricking in Luton Museum. Mid-19th Century. 25.5 x 4cm. Donation from Vanda Morton.