Lace & Victorian Hats

I use a lot of different types of lace when I design my Victorian Hats and accessories for tea parties and other events.  I especially love Battenburg lace for fans and parasols as they’re so pretty and airy. When Queen Victoria married Albert in 1840.  Tape Lace (Battenburg lace) was one of the most received gifts at their wedding.  They received so many gifts of this lace, that there’s an entire room at Buckingham Palace dedicated to it.    Although this style of “tape” lace had been designed since the Renaissance period it didn’t receive the name Battenburg until her son was named the Earl of Battenburg as it was customary for English Dukes to have a lace named after him.

This is a photo of a Victorian era bodice made of Battenburg Lace.