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[email protected] The history of the fine lace knitting industry in nineteenth and early twentieth century Shetland Roslyn Chapman MA (Hons), MLitt Submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy History School of Humanities College of Arts University of Glasgow April 2015 Abstract This thesis tells the story of Shetland knitted lace. It is a history that comprises more than a series of chronological events which illustrate the development of a domestic craft industry; it is also the story of a landscape and the people who inhabited it and the story of the emergence of a distinctive textile product which achieved global recognition Focusing on the material culture of Shetland lace opens up questions about the relationships between the women who produce it, the men and women who sell it and the women who consume and wear it.