MANUFACTURERS OF TRADITIONAL LEAVERS LACES SINCE 1845

Cluny Lace manufactures Leavers Lace which is the closest lace to hand made lace that a machine can produce. It has superior appearance, handle and drape to all other machine made laces.

Cluny Lace offer a catalogue of 365 exquisite patterns for Haute Couture, Pret a Porter, Household Textiles, Haberdashery, Film, Opera and Theatre as well as Ecclesiastical laces.

Narrow Laces
Narrow Laces
80+ patterns
Medium Laces
Medium Laces
80+ patterns
Wide Laces
Wide Laces
20+ patterns
Galloons
Galloons
20+ patterns
Insertions
Insertions
70+ patterns
Cut Outs
Cut Outs
10+ patterns
Allovers
Allovers
70+ patterns
Ecclesiastical Laces
Ecclesiastical
6 patterns

Three centuries of lace making experience
including manufacturing Leaver's laces since 1845

Stocking Frame Machine
1729
1729
Stocking Frame Machine
Early Twist Net Frame
1810
1810
Heathcoat's Bobbin Net Frame Machine
Early Bobbin Net Frame
1813
1813
John Leaver's Frame Machine
Line drawing of the works
1890
1890
Line drawing of Cluny's works
Early Lace MAchine
1900
1900
Early Leavers Machine
early photograph of Leavers Lace workers
1910
1910
early photograph of Cluny's Leavers Lace workers
Man with Bowler operating machine
1920
1920
a Cluny machine being operated
Draft from 1934
1934
1934
detail from an original Cluny design draught
a machine being installed in the 1940s
1948
1948
a machine being installed at Cluny's works
the factory in 1930
1950
1950
Cluny's factory in the 1950s
ladies examining the lace
1955
1955
ladies examining Cluny's lace
Staff at Cluny's factory'
1975
1975
Staff at Cluny's factory
Princess Anne Factory visit
1979
1979
Princess Anne presented with a Cluny tablecloth
Prime Minister Thatcher visit
1980
1980
Prime Minister Thatcher examining Cluny's Lace
Jacquard Card reader
1988
1988
Jacquard Card reader at Cluny's factory
Machine delivery
1990
1990
Machine delivery to Cluny's works
2007 Magazine cover shoot
2007
2007
Marie Claire cover shoot
Man operating machine
2010
2010
Leavers machine in use in Cluny's factory
Royal Wedding dress with Cluny Lace inserts
2011
2011
Royal Wedding dress with Cluny Lace inserts
Vogue Japan cover feature
2014
2014
Vogue Japan cover feature

CLUNY LACE COMPANY LIMITED
Belper Street Works, Belper Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, United Kingdom