Honiton Museum black lace | Midweek Herald
Honiton Museum curator Margaret Lewis Published: 6:00 AM March 7, 2021 Wearing black ‘widow’s weeds’ led to a demand for black Honiton lace, as displayed in Honiton museum - Credit: Honiton Museum Most of the country was changed in the 18th century by the industrial revolution. The 20th century created a whole industry around health and safety and during the 19th century manufacturing centred around death, funerals, and mourning. Victorian rules for mourning were complicated and strict but did not apply as much to men as they did for women. Men wore a black crape armband (on th...
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