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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 3985942, member: 8267&quot;]&quot;In 1809, Englishman John Heathcoat invented a machine that could make the most tedious element of lace, the mesh ground. By the mid-1800s, machine and handmade laces were often combined into such forms as bobbin appliqué on machine-made net, and a variety of patterned machine laces became available.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/lace-sumptuous-history#:~:text=In%201809%2C%20Englishman%20John%20Heathcoat,patterned%20machine%20laces%20became%20available" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/lace-sumptuous-history#:~:text=In%201809%2C%20Englishman%20John%20Heathcoat,patterned%20machine%20laces%20became%20available" rel="nofollow">https://www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/lace-sumptuous-history#:~:text=In 1809, Englishman John Heathcoat,patterned machine laces became available</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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