Subscriptions to the Lace Making Industry in Ireland
From A Renascence of the Irish Art of Lace-making by A.S.C.
The subscriptions which have been received during the three years, from 1885 to 1888, are as follows:
| £ | s. | d. | |
| The Drapers' Company | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, ,, (second subscription) | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| J. T. Brunner, Esq., M.P. (per the Countess of Aberdeen) | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Sir Richard Wallace | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Mrs. Alfred Morrison | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| The Duke of Devonshire, K.G. | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Edward Guinness, Esq. | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| The Skinners' Company | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Messrs. Copestake, Hughes, and Crampton | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Messrs. Marshall and Snelgrove | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| The Duchess of St. Albans | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| The Marchioness of Waterford | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| The Earl Rosse | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Edward W. O'Brien, Esq. | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Bagwell, Esq. | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Viscount Monck | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| The Lord Emly | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| The Honourable Mr. Justice O'Hagan | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| John E. Vernon, Esq. | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Baroness de Rothschild | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| John Hampden Fordham, Esq. | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mrs. Adair | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mrs. R. de la Poer | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| C. F. Redington, Esq. | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Martyn, Esq. | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lord Monteagle | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Mrs. and Mrs. James Bannatyne | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Messrs. Haywards | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Robert Vere O'Brien, Esq. | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| B. R. | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mrs. Arthur Kavanagh | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| William Whiteley, Esq. | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dr. and Mrs. M'Donnell | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, ,, ,, (second subscription) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Edward Falconer Litton, Esq., Q.C. | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| W. E. H. Lecky, Esq. | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, ,, ,, (second subscription) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mrs. Longfield | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lady Keane | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mrs. Warde | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| James Brenan, Esq., R.H.A. | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lady Camilla Foster | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. E. Lyne, Esq. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lady Musgrave | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lady Dorothy Nevill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mrs. Perceval Maxwell | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mrs. Power Lalor | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitelock Lloyd, Esq. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miss Keane (various small subscriptions) | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mrs. Colomb | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Three yearly competitions for prizes for designs for lace have been held, and upwards of £225 has been spent in prizes (money awards) and in the purchase of experimental pieces. A further sum of £108 is being now spent in having special specimens of Irish lace made, of which some are to be seen in the foregoing illustrations.
The names of subscribers will be received by the Hon. Treasurer, Alan S. Cole, Esq., South Kensington Museum, to whom it is requested that all communications may be addressed.