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Margaret's female descendants valued and cared for this lace over generations, reworking it into contemporary clothing. This part of the exhibit will feature some of the amazing lace that was made by Margaret MacArthur Weir and subsequently passed on through her female lineage.

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Margaret MacArthur Weir
19th Century, Circa 1865
St. Marys, Ontario, Canada

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Margaret Weir's heavy tamboured lace; Curtain section
19th Century
St. Marys, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Photographer: Diana Fraser Milford

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Margaret Weir's heavy tamboured lace
19th Century
St. Marys, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Photographer: Diana Fraser Milford

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Margaret Weir's heavy tambour lace; Curtain section
19th Century
St. Marys, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Photographer: Diana Fraser Milford

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Margaret Weir's tamboured lace
19th Century
St. Marys, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Photographer: Diana Fraser Milford

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A letter sent from Frances Weir to her brother John M. Weir
19th Century, Circa 1883
St. Marys, Ontario, Canada

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The letter in which Frances mentions her mother's work
August 24, 1883
St. Marys, Ontario, Canada

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Wedding photo: Mrs. Frances (Weir) Wilson wearing a lace shawl made by her mother
19th Century, Circa 1873
St. Marys, Ontario, Canada

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Elizabeth "Bessie" (Weir) Fraleigh wearing her mother's lace
19th Century, Circa 1897
St. Marys, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Photographer: Leary V Co.

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Emma Fraleigh wearing a lace dress made by her grandmother
19th Century, Circa 1886
St. Marys, Ontario, Canada

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19th century child's lace dress
19th Century
St. Marys, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Photographer: Diana Fraser Milford

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Child's lace dress with open vest
19th Century
St. Marys, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Photogapher: Diana Fraser Milford

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19th century child's dress
19th Century
St. Marys, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Photogapher: Diana Fraser Milford