Thankfully, because we are doing well with the Raschel lace, we can afford to recondition the Leavers lace machines. Some were built more than 100 years ago, so it’s expensive to maintain them ...

He sold off his raschel machines in 1998, keeping 16 Leavers, and hacked his workforce down to a skeleton crew. Cluny is now an artisanal brand, making lace on a small scale for couture designers ...

He sold off his raschel machines in 1998, keeping 16 Leavers, and hacked his workforce down to a skeleton crew. Cluny is now an artisanal brand, making lace on a small scale for couture designers ...

Selling their Raschel machines lost Cluny 80% of their business. High fashion demand Instead, Cluny has relied entirely on the century-old Leavers machines with their beautiful Jacquard cards ...

Selling their Raschel machines lost Cluny 80% of their business. High fashion demand Instead, Cluny has relied entirely on the century-old Leavers machines with their beautiful Jacquard cards ...