when you take a wool item to a dry cleaners it is very seldom actually dry cleaned, wool is washed with cold water, detergent and shaped to dry. i would not use plastic bags to shape it, they will keep it wet, i have used newsprint paper and brown paper bags work well. it should wash up very well i am washing wool almost every day, it is by far my favorite fabric to work with. as for the laces, i put mine from my great grandmother into net laundry bag and washed on gentle, dried them in the bag too. they came out well, i had some antique embroidered hankies too that cleaned up well being washed in the bag. if the lace is fragile i would wash it by hand in the sink. what i had held up without any problems.