The Belgian city was a centre for the trade in lace, as well as wool, writes Joanna Hashagen I was very interested in your editorial on Antwerp (17 August). I have had the opportunity to visit that ...

Left: Matthias De Visch, "Portrait of Empress Maria Theresa" (1749), Musea Brugge – Groeningemuseum (© Lukasweb); right: Sleeve fragment in bobbin lace, Brussels region, Southern Netherlands, 1740–50 ...

We speak to brand identity designer Richard Baird and learn about Antwerp’s significant role in lace production. Plus: Aleks Cvetkovic joins us in the studio to reflect on menswear in 2021. The final ...

THE Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle has lent some of its finest 17th and 18th century Flemish and English lace to an international exhibition in Belgium. Twenty items from the museum's Blackborne Lace ...