The distribution of embroidery at the beginning of the 19th century established the starting point for the Vogtlandian White Goods Industry. After 1857, machine embroidery succeeded handmade embroidery, and brought with it an enormous economic revival for Plauen and the Vogtland as the sheer, filigree lace and embroidery grew in worldwide demand.

Embroidery Facility built in 1902, today Schaustickerei
The Schaustickerei resides in a building of typical construction of the embroidery industry where each manufacturer's residential house was always within close proximity to factory building. Tours and demonstrations of how the embroidery and lace is produced are given daily. Visitors experience the fabrication of embroidery and lace with these historic machines that are masterpieces of Saxionian engineering.

Stitching draft
Designers were trained at the Art school of textile industries Plauen for the Lace and Embroidery Industry. The producing procedure requires designing a prototype and drawing a stitching draft.

EMBROIDERER AT A TYPICAL EMBROIDERY MACHINE
The Plauen Lace Doily, a very unique product by the Vogtlandian Embroidery Industry, runs through a couple of production steps until a simple thread forms a filigree masterpiece.