Heritage and Conservation of Nottingham Lace through Collaboration

Nottingham is both the birthplace and global centre of machine-made lace industry home to Nationally Designated collection machinery. In 2017 Lace Unravelled was launched with aim conserve connect local ‘industry mentors’ learn more about its objects. This led wider collaborations exhibition ‘Lace Unarchived’, held at Trent University intended reveal legacy art school, established in 1843, impact on generations designers it educated. paper proposes explore project’s achievements, what revealed, has meant for interpretation understanding collection, ‘Nottingham Lace’.