Thomas Ferguson Irish Linen - Ladies Hand Crochet Handkerchief - White Shamrock Sprig
Category: AMAZON FASHION
Store: Thomas Ferguson Irish Linen
Average rating: 4.4 (5 ratings)
Features:
100% Irish Linen
Made in Ireland
Add elegance to any outfit
Traditional ladies handkerchief with crochet edge

The Company bears the name of the founder, Thomas Ferguson who was born in Clare, near the village of Waringstown in Co. Down, where his father John farmed. At that time the locality was a center of Irish Linen hand weaving, and this activity was commonly combined with farming. This remarkable man, even though he was blind from smallpox as a child, was a very skillful handloom weaver of fine linens, and a noted teacher of his trade. It is believed he started business in a house in Church Square, in the town. In 1854, by then firmly established, he acquired a lease for 999 years of the site on which the Company operated for 137 years. The factory on this site was known as Edenderry Works.