Evolution of Alençon Lace
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An illustrated article from The Connoisseur tracing the history of Alençon needle-point lace from its founding under Colbert in the 1660s with Venetian instructors, through its Venetian-influenced early phase and later changes in design, to its decline and revivals in the nineteenth century. It covers French sumptuary laws, the cordonnet padding, the ground (réseau), and Napoleonic commissions, and ends with modern production at Bayeux and Burano. Illustrations show Alençon lace borders from the eighteenth to nineteenth centuries and a piece of raised Venetian rose point.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1902
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
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