Bay Area Resources

Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles & Retail Store

2982 Adeline St.
Berkeley, CA 94703
Phone: 510-843-7290
https://www.lacis.com/

Open: Monday thru Saturday; from 12:00-6:00pm

Information from the Lacis website:

[The Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles] collection of … laces and textiles represents 40 years of dedication to the preservation of the finest of human handiwork. The collection includes thousands of specimens from pre-Columbian Peru, the finest from the 17th c. European courts and examples of the machine laces exemplifying the 19th c. industrial revolution. An extensive library, focusing on lace, textiles and costume includes over 10,000 items of books, patterns, articles and other ephemera. Related tools of the textile craft include those for all varieties of lace-making as well as an extensive collection of sewing machines. [Lacis offers a variety of classes] to encourage dissemination of the techniques and knowledge of the textile arts”.

Lacis [retail store]
Offers an extensive selection of threads, tools and supplies for the textile arts, including lace-making, embroidery, knitting, tatting, crochet, costume, bridal, etc., to the wholesale and retail market.
Manufactures specialized lace making tools, sew-on purse frames, exotic tatting shuttles, reproduction needlework tools, tassel forms, tatting needles, extra fine knitting needles, etc.
Publishes over 130 books relating to needlework and costume while maintaining an inventory of over 6,000 titles relating to textiles and costume in both English and foreign language
Distributes DMC “Floche” and other cotton threads and Japanese “Bunka” and “Kanagawa” threads.
Is a family business established in 1965, owned and operated by Jules & Perrin Kliot.