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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...

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