Alençon, Part II
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Part II of M. Jourdain's article on Alençon needle lace in The Connoisseur, covering how Point d'Alençon was made: pricking the parchment pattern, the trace, the fond or entoilage, the brides, the réseau ground, the modes (filling stitches), the brode, assembly and finishing. It also covers the horsehair cordonnet, the 1836 attempt to imitate the lace on bobbin net, shading introduced in 1855, the thread supply, and the relation of Alençon to Argentan and Argentella. Illustrated with photographs of Alençon lace (Louis XVI and Empire periods) from the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Brussels, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Footnotes cite the Histoire du Point d'Alençon, Mrs. Palliser and others.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1906
- Languages
- English, French
- Pages
- 4
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