LACE PARADISE Kanten Paradijs
by PainterArtist FIN
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LACE PARADISE Kanten Paradijs
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PainterArtist FIN
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LACE PARADISE SHOPPE in Brugge Belgium
LACE MAKING -The Middle-Ages is a period of history where little is
known about the manufacture of lace. For firm evidence we have to look
back to the fifteenth century when Charles the Fifth decreed that lace
making was to be taught in the schools and convents of the Belgian
provinces. During this period of renaissance and enlightenment, the
making of lace was firmly based within the domain of fashion. To be
precise, it was designed to replace embroidery in a manner that could
with ease transform dresses to follow different styles of fashion. Unlike
embroidery, lace could be unsewn from one material to be replaced on
another.
Since these earlier times, many styles and techniques of lacemaking have
been developed, almost all of them in the Belgian provinces, which thus
deserve to be named the cradle of lace. Today, two main techniques are
practiced in the Flemish provinces of Belgium. The first, a needle lace, is
still manufactured in in the region of Aalst. It is called Renaissance or
Brussels lace because it is mostly sold in Brussels. The second type, the
Bobbin Lace, is a speciality of Bruges, a magnificent city located in the
west of Belgium. This is a very expensive type of lace to make and is
therefore no longer manufactured for commercial purposes.
Lacemaking is an industry which nowadays employs about one thousand
lace workers, all of them ladies aged between fifty and ninety years of
age. Do not expect to find lace factories in Brussels or Bruges, they do
not exist. Info by travel.com
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