abstract:Carrickmacross lace is a form of lace that may be described as decorated net. A three-layer 'sandwich' is made consisting of the pattern (at the bottom), covered with, first, machine-made net and then fine muslin, through which the pattern can be seen.
The lace was a combination of hand-cut English lace and French Chantilly lace, and the appliques were sewn by hand using a traditional Irish method called Carrickmacross.