The modern lace making machine – weighing fifteen tons; a speed of 160 motions per minute; number of threads, upwards of 15,000; produces forty breadths each 5 ½ inches wide simultaneously, half quarter and other breadths in proportion. This was published in 1924 by The Federation of Lace and Embroidery Employers’ Associations, Nottingham, for the British Empire Exhibition.

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Size: 4387px × 2784px
Location: Nottingham, England
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