High lace.
Snoeck| N° d'inventaire | 21400 |
| Format | 23 x 28 |
| Détails | 190 p., color reproductions, paperback |
| Publication | Gent, 2018 |
| Etat | Nine |
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Invented in Nottingham at the beginning of the 19th century, it was in the towns of Calais and Caudry, in the Hauts-de-France region, that Leavers loom lace found its place in the world of fashion. A highly technical textile, lace has never been so diverse. With its infinite hues, textures, manipulations, and embroidery, it is by turns transparent or opaque, floral or abstract, light or three-dimensional... sometimes becoming magnificently unrecognizable. Like a snapshot, the "Haute Dentelle" exhibition offers a unique insight into the ultra-contemporary uses of lace within the most demanding of fashion arts, haute couture. It lifts the veil on the relationships that unite manufacturers and workshops, textile and clothing designers. Highly technical textiles, highly creative designs, machine-made lace tirelessly combines tradition and innovation. Its apparent fragility is a deception. Its woven texture makes it unravelable. Synonymous with delicacy, lace is defined as much by its transparencies and arabesques, by its hues and textures, as by its embellishments, manipulations and embroidery... even to the point of becoming magnificently unrecognizable. Evanescent or three-dimensional, lace is multifaceted.
Invented in Nottingham at the beginning of the 19th century, it was in the towns of Calais and Caudry, in the Hauts-de-France region, that Leavers loom lace found its place in the world of fashion. A highly technical textile, lace has never been so diverse. With its infinite hues, textures, manipulations, and embroidery, it is by turns transparent or opaque, floral or abstract, light or three-dimensional... sometimes becoming magnificently unrecognizable. Like a snapshot, the "Haute Dentelle" exhibition offers a unique insight into the ultra-contemporary uses of lace within the most demanding of fashion arts, haute couture. It lifts the veil on the relationships that unite manufacturers and workshops, textile and clothing designers. Highly technical textiles, highly creative designs, machine-made lace tirelessly combines tradition and innovation. Its apparent fragility is a deception. Its woven texture makes it unravelable. Synonymous with delicacy, lace is defined as much by its transparencies and arabesques, by its hues and textures, as by its embellishments, manipulations and embroidery... even to the point of becoming magnificently unrecognizable. Evanescent or three-dimensional, lace is multifaceted.