The Museum is delighted to announce that a collection of Shaldon handmade lace over 100 years old has been acquired

The Museum is delighted to announce that a collection of Shaldon handmade lace over 100 years old has been acquired
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When: 09 May 2023 to 09 May 2024
Time: 10:30 am - 4 pm
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Teignmouth and Shaldon Museum’s latest addition to Shaldon’s heritage

 

The Museum is delighted to announce that a collection of Shaldon handmade lace over 100 years old has been acquired with the help of Richard Younger-Ross, who alerted Curator Lin Watson to the sale. The purchase was made possible with donations from Mr Younger-Ross, Cllr. David Cox (Teignbridge Community Fund) and Shaldon Parish Council. The Museum has also used funds from the recent bequest of Mrs Baker’s paintings.

The lace is displayed in a frame showing intricate designs of St. George and the Dragon and an angel, surrounded by delicate motifs of butterflies and birds. In addition, there is correspondence between Miss Flora Lancaster Lucas and Queen Mary’s London dressmaker, Reville & Rossiter, and a lady-in-waiting at Windsor Castle.

Miss Flora Lancaster Lucas lived at Southwood Lodge on the Green at Shaldon for a while. Her father had been Lord Mayor of London and her family was well-to-do. She founded Shaldon Lace School in about 1905 at premises on the Green and later the Strand.

She set up the School to give employment to experienced handmade lacemakers and for them to pass on their skills to young girls in Shaldon.  They paid 2 pence a week for lessons in pillow lacemaking after school.

Miss L. Lucas used her contacts with local and visiting gentry to obtain many commissions. The School produced lace collars and edging for dresses, fans and handkerchiefs. Lace from the School won prizes at the White City Exhibition in London in 1909 and achieved fame when Queen Mary commissioned a lace collar or “tucker” for her Coronation robe in 1911.

However, as the correspondence shows, the Queen’s dressmakers took offence because the School was described in newspapers as “Suppliers of fine lace to the Queen”.

The disagreement subsided and later Princess Marie Louise ordered a similar tucker for herself.

At the outbreak of World War I, Miss Lucas took over the Boy Scout Group and the school closed. Lacemaking had ceased to be profitable.

The lace collection will be on show for visitors in the Museum by the summer after some conservation work to preserve its fragile beauty.

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The Museum is delighted to announce that a collection of Shaldon handmade lace over 100 years old has been acquired with the help of Richard Younger-Ross, who alerted Curator Lin Watson to the sale. The purchase was made possible with donations from Mr Younger-Ross, Cllr. David Cox (Teignbridge Community Fund) and Shaldon Parish Council. The Museum has also used funds from the recent bequest of Mrs Baker’s paintings.

Shaldon Lace School about 1912, with Mrs French, Miss Lancaster Lucas and Mrs Ellen Withey (in centre L. to R.) Children in back row: Win Green, Kate Stead, Gwen Johnson Other children: Connie Extence, Flossey Parker, Ethel P., Cecil Finson, Marjorie Finson, Dorothy Hutchings, Dorah March.

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  • The Museum is delighted to announce that a collection of Shaldon handmade lace over 100 years old has been acquired

    The Museum is delighted to announce that a collection of Shaldon handmade lace over 100 years old has been acquired

    Teign Heritage Centre Home to Teignmouth and Shaldon Museum

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