The tradition of making lace is so well regarded on the island of Pag that there is now a lace making school well established in the town of the same name – a resurrection of a former school that had run since the turn of the 20th century. It was way back in this time that Pag lace had become famous in its own right and was busy decorating the homes of the royalty of Europe. Previously the local industry had had its work presented as Greek, Austrian or Italian on the world markets. The lace – twenty inches in diameter – consists of a different pattern for each piece, never to be exactly repeated. The painstaking creation of the intricate circular patterns is carried out by the women of the town – and what with the shift away from the islands in general by the younger population it was realised that the tradition and skills could well be lost – thus the reawakening of the school.