Name/Title
P. LACE. S : looking through Flemish laceEntry/Object ID
NK9455.M6 2021Description
"Lace has been a luxury item, sought after by royalty and the aristocracy, since the early 1600s. Fashion has traditionally driven lace production, and in the 17th and 18th centuries the lace trade was a significant contributor to the economies of many European countries. This exhibition catalogue for a show at MoMu, the Antwerp fashion museum, focuses on the venerable tradition of lace-making in Flanders, but places it within the larger context of the history of lace from the 16th century to the present. Historic pieces from international museums, including the Met (New York), the V & A (London) and the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam) are complemented by contemporary fashion (Van Herpen, Dior, Alaia, Prada, Loewe, Givenchy). These pieces, and their cutting edge production techniques, bring the history of Flemish-made lace up to the 21st century."Context
Published in conjunction with the exhibition P. LACE. S/Looking through Antwerp lace at MoMu/Fashion Museum Antwerp, from 4 September 2021 to 2 January 2022.Lexicon
Search Terms
lace and lace making-- belgium--history, lace and lace making--exhibitions, lace and lace making--historyLegacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
Nora Andries, Ria Cooerman, Marguerite Coppens, Kaat Debo, Thessy Nichols Schoenholzer, Ina Vanden BergheEditor
Frieda Sorber, Wim Mertens, Romy CockxPublication Translator
Alison Mouthaan, Mari ShieldsPublisher
LannooDate Published
2021ISBN
9789401474337, 9401474338LCCN
2020437129Notes
Length: 255General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Foreword / Kaat Debo -- Introduction / Frieda Sorber -- Lace : high tech from the 16th century. The origins of lace / Frieda Sorber and Thessy Schoenholzer Nichols ; The early development of bobbin lace / Frieda Sorber ; The early development of needle lace / Frieda Sorber ; Tools / Frieda Sorber -- Spotlight : shirts, albs and rochets / Wim Mertens -- Key pieces : the Brussels and Geneva archdukes' coverlets. Albrecht and Isabella's coverlet : a story in lace / Ria Cooreman ; Albrecht and Isabella's coverlet : a technological study / Nora Andries ; The archdukes' coverlets : a few afterthoughts / Frieda Sorber -- Archives, sources and publications : an attempt to reconstruct Antwerp's lace industry / Marguerite Coppens -- Spotlight : collars and cravats / Wim Mertens -- Laces for England : the Antwerp entrepreneur Jan Michiel Melijn and his lace trade, 1681-1695 / Wim Mertens -- Spotlight : headwear and coiffures / Wim Mertens -- Technical aspects of materials used in 17th- and 18th-century Flemish lace from the MoMu collection, Antwerp / Iris Vanden Berghe -- Spotlight : best linen for the lying-in rooms / Wim Mertens -- Antwerp misses the boat : the development of part lace in Brussels and Brabant / Frieda Sorber -- After 1750 : the Dutch niche market / Frieda Sorber -- The tangible past : lace in 17th- and 18th-century doll's houses / Frieda Sorber -- Style evolutions in Flemish lace from the late 16th to the mid-18th centuries : an overview / Wim Mertens -- Lace, laser cutting and 3D printing in fashion : visual parallels / Romy Cockx.