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Description: The Leavers machine is a lacemaking machine that John Levers adapted from Heathcoat's Old Loughborough machine. The original made net lace, but it was discovered in 1841 that a Jacquard apparatus allowed the production of lace complete with pattern, net and outline.
Title: NIM Levers Lace Machine
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