https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/25/nyregion/lace-factory-and-artistry-of-old-world-quietly-fade.html
With no new apprentices enlisted to learn the highly specialized jobs of making cloth lace, and changes in both the market and the way lace is made, Mr. DeCarli, who is now 73, realized that the end was near.
With no new apprentices enlisted to learn the highly specialized jobs of making cloth lace, and changes in both the market and the way lace is made, Mr. DeCarli, who is now 73, realized that the end was near.