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| Picture No | 10217275 |
| Date | 1878 |
| Description | A Devonshire lace-maker 1878 |
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Lace-making was a typical cottage industry and could be carried out independently by women in their homes. The woman in the picture sits by the hearth in a cottage with a bolster-style pillow firmly stuffed with straw on her lap. She is interweaving bobbins in order to produce the lace. Lace-makers earned comparatively good wages, but only by working up to twelve hours a day, and consequently suffering poor health.
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| Source | The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News. 1878. page 592 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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