Schneeberg lace

Schneeberger (or Schneeberg) lace is a bobbin tape lace developed around 1915 in the Königliche Klöppelmuster Schule of Schneeberg in Ore Mountains Germany. With a small number of bobbins the typical small motifs could be produced quickly.

Lia Baumeister-Jonker, Schneeberger lace expert, describes the three characteristics of Schneeberger lace as:

Lacemakers can access technical assistance with characteristic features such as dips in the tapes, plaits with picots and handling corners to reproduce historical samples, or find modern designs from lace designers.

The Christmas decoration known as a Schwibbogen represents the lacemakers of the region in the wood carving silhouette original style.