Arts and Crafts and Female Ingenuity: The Nineteenth-Century Lace Revival

• • Project Overview:

    • Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG / German Research Foundation)

    • Principal Investigator: Dr Louisa Gienger

    • Host Institution / Cooperation Partner: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

  • Research Objectives:

    This research project, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), is dedicated to the systematic investigation of the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century lace revival. It explores the dynamic interplay between traditional textile craftsmanship, the reform principles of the Arts and Crafts Movement, and the pivotal role of women in reviving and modernising historical needle and bobbin lace techniques.