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| Category |
Textiles |
| Business Name |
Mountmellick Work |
| Contact Name |
Ms. Annie Kelly |
| Address |
St. Martins, Acragar, Mountmellick, Co. Laois |
| Telephone |
+353 (0)57 8624531 |
Mountmellick Embroidery is a dimensional white on white embroidery done in white cotton on a heavy white cotton satin jean. Although sometimes referred to as 'Mountmellick Lace', eyelids or open work are excluded. Motifs include a variety of natural floral designs, usually fairly large in scale, and pieces are often finished with buttonholed and knitted fringed edges.
The embroidery was traditionally done on tablecloths, coverlets, christening gowns, cushion covers, pillow shams, and laying out coverlets. Sometimes on old work, almost the entire surface of the material was embroidered.
Today pieces are often framed, and may be given as a gift to celebrate a wedding, the birth of a child or any other special occasion...
Annie Kelly, who is a certified teacher of Mountmellick Work, teaches members of the Irish Country Women's Association at their national training centre "An Grianan" as well as groups of local students in Portlaoise, Portarlington, Mountmellick, and Abbeyleix. Annie has many years experience teaching students from Ireland and abroad and has helped many authors in researching articles and books on the subject of Mountmellick Embroidery
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