18th Century Lacemakers
Last updated: Nov 15, 2021
See also 16th and 17th century lacemakers elsewhere on this site.
- Young woman making lace by Harmen ter Borch, 1652
- Embroidery lessons by E. Porzelius, 1689
- Pook & Pook Jan 29 2021, Lot 661, Georgian painted pine dummy board of a seated woman making bobbin lace
- The Sewing School (Women working on pillow lace) by Giacomo Ceruti, 1720s
- A Lacemaker, with a Boy Blowing Bubbles by Louis de Moni, 1742
- Of the Bone-Lace Maker, The London Tradesman, 1747
- A lace-maker, c. 1760s
- Lace making and stitch work, The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d’Alembert Collaborative Translation Project, trans. of “Dentelle et façon du point,” Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 3 (plates), Paris, 1763
- L’Ouvriere en Dentelle, 1770s; while the description indicates that she’s tatting, she’s actually making bobbin lace
- The lacemaker, c. 1770-1800
- A girl sits on a rock while making lace
- Luxury and Industry, 1773
- Susanna van Collen née Mogge and her daughter by Hermanus Numan, 1776
- The Lace Wearer, rewarding the Lace Maker, 1783
- The embroidery workshop by Pietro Longhi
- Girls’ school, after Jan Josef Horemans the Younger
- A lacemaker by Johann Anton de Peters
- The Lace Maker by John Fairburn, 1795
- Emma Corbett, c. 1795
- Morning Amusement, 1796
