Amoy Lace Guild Bobbin Lace Handkerchief Edging

Amoy Lace Guild · 1900-1912

This sample of handmade Chinese made cluny bobbin lace edging is labeled as costing “$.35 per yard in US gold” and is made of linen. It was acquired from the Amoy Lace Guild, Amoy (Xiamen), China, through Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce in 1913. The Amoy Lace Guild was established by missionaries in 1885 as a charitable organization to provide a source of income to indigent Chinese women and children. Patterns and linen thread was imported from England and Ireland. Lace from the Amoy Lace Guild won a silver medal at the St. Louis exposition in 1904. This scalloped handkerchief edging has flower motifs of braids and fans