52/23/30-49

20 unidentified assorted lacemaking patterns, some of which are pricked onto card and the others onto parchment. Some of the patterns also have cloth ends. The pattern would be secured to the lacemaking pillow, and the lace worked on top of it. They were previously a part of the collections at Carlisle Museum.

20 pattern: paper, parchment

MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: PATTERNS & other items // Accession number: 52/23 // … // Recorder: // Date: New sheet June 1990 // Description: Various patterns & other items associated with lace making. // (a) BARBOUR’S Best quality lace thread 3 reels No. 80, 100, 300. Trademark FLAX Wm. Barbour & Sons Ltd, Lisburn, Ireland // (b) 16 bundles of linen gimp thread (white) // (c) Box of beads for bobbin spangles in book shaped box “Lady’s companion” // (d) 3 pkts. Of Ne-plus-ultra pins Made in London. Brass. // (e) Various lace patterns – see attached list.’, MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – Details of patterns (pricked on card except where stated): 52/23/30–49 are not identified: 52/23/31, 35, 37–40, 43–49 are parchment, the rest are on card; 52/31, 35, 37–49, 43–46 also have cloth ends.

Paper, Parchment/vellum