Lace-Makers of Le Puy
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A travel and trade essay on the declining hand-made lace industry of Le Puy in the Haute-Loire, France, written for The Woman's World in 1890. It describes the town and its setting, the women who make torchon lace and gimp on pillows at their doorways, the fall in earnings caused by changing fashion and machine-made lace, and the lace museum (Musée de Dentelles). It closes with the ribbon-weaving trade of St. Étienne, its low wages, its museum of ribbons, and competition from Lyons. Illustrated with engravings of Le Puy and photographs of torchon lace specimens.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1890
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
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