Florence Vere O’Brien and her era – Matthew Potter

This page is part of a series of pages detailing the talks and workshops scheduled for the Amazing Lace Symposium 2025 taking place on 22 February in the Absolute Hotel. To see the whole programme, go here.

Talk Title: Florence Vere O’Brien and her era

Talk Summary: The talk will give an account of the impact that Florence Vere O’Brien had on the Limerick lace industry, as designer, teacher and indefatigable promoter.

Dr Matthew Potter, Curator of Limerick City Museum, presenting at the 2024 Amazing Lace Symposium. Picture: Keith Wiseman

Speaker’s Bio: Dr Matthew Potter has been Curator of Limerick Museum since 2017, and has doubled the Museum’s Limerick lace collection during his tenure. He is the author of Amazing Lace, a History of the Limerick Lace Industry, the definitive work on the subject which appeared in 2014.