Brief History of Lacemaking
The Lace Guild has information about many aspects of lacemaking
and has many details of what happened in the past.
https://www.laceguild.org/a-brief-history-of-lace
Lace in Context (By the Poor, For the Rich: Lace in Context)
has interesting articles about historical and cultural links
between lace and lacemaking traditions
across Europe and beyond.