Editing Lace (section)

=== Ireland ===
{{main|Irish lace}}
[[File:Black Lace kaftan “Illusion” by Sybil Connolly- Full length FRONT.jpg|thumb|right|Carrickmacross Lace 'Illusion' dress by Irish fashion designer [[Sybil Connolly]]|322x322px]]Lace was made in Ireland from the 1730s onwards with several different lace-making schools founded across the country. Many regions acquired a name for high-quality work and others developed a distinctive style. Lace proved to be an important means of income for many poorer women.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hooper|first=Glenn|title=Irish Lace|url=https://www.heritagecouncil.ie/content/files/irish_lace_leaflet_4mb.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425062538/http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/Museums_and_Archive/Lace_Final_for_Web.pdf/|archive-date=25 April 2016|access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref>  Several important schools of lace included: [[Carrickmacross lace|Carrickmacross]] lace, [[Kenmare lace|Kenmare]] lace, [[Limerick lace|Limerick]] lace and [[Youghal lace|Youghal]] lace.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Potter|first=Matthew|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/910526333|title=Amazing lace : a history of the Limerick lace industry|date=2014|others=Jacqui Hayes|isbn=978-0-905700-22-9|location=Limerick|oclc=910526333}}</ref>[[File:Italian (Florentine) School - Portrait of an Unknown Lady, Aged 23 (called ‘the Countess Miranda’) - 1210350 - National Trust.jpg|alt=Portrait of a woman in an ornate dress with a massive lace collar.|thumb|Portrait of an Unknown Lady. Florentine School, 1571. National Trust.]]
[[File:Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) (style of) - Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman in Brown with a Lace Collar - 1336256 - National Trust.jpg|alt=The man shown is wearing a lace cravat. |thumb|Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman in Brown with a Lace Collar by [[Godfrey Kneller]] (1646-1723)]]