Limerick is probably the most famous of all Irish laces. When President Kennedy came to Limerick in 1963 the Lord Mayor presented him with a Christening robe of the lace, and other important visitors have been delighted to receive gifts of this prestigious material.

The making of this form of lace became possible when machine-made net became readily available, as it is a form of embroidery on net, being either chain-stitch (tambour) or darned net (also called run-lace), or a combination of both techniques.

This book is broken into three sections. The first examines the invention of Limerick Lace and its history. The second section looks at Mrs. Florence Vere and her contribution to Limerick and its lace-workers. The final section deals with the techniques used to make Limerick Lace including the materials, designs, preparation and sewing as well as the filling and embroidery stitches. 

This book contains beautiful illustrations of fine pieces of Limerick lacework from the author's collections, as well as pictures of prizewinning examples from photos in the possession of the Royal Dublin Society.