The House of Laces and the Point of Argentan
The House of Laces and the Point of Argentan is on the " Road of the Lace " to Argentan in the Orne.
In the practice of the bobbin lace, reels guide the threads who form the
bottom and the motives. With the needle-point lace, the needle draws exactly the outline
of the wished drawing, then it is necessary to perform every motive with more or less
aerated points. The more the thread is fine, the more the work is delicate and light. To
Argentan, one uses some Egyptian cotton N ° 170!
The point of Argentan:
The point of Argentan is a lace executed in the needle with linen threads extrêment fine. It presents interconnected motives by a network to stitches hexagonal buttonholes. This network, which marks its difference with that of Alençon, often sets the size of its stitches which can be more or less important according to the popular effect. The stitch buttonhole, while structuring the lace, gives it a bigger solidity. The fashions offer a trés big variety of points. The Point of Argentan is rare enough to be a lace looked for by the collectors.
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Volant XIXE In the point of argentan to the needle, realized with a network with hexagonal stitches, little in shape of " Hives of bees ". |
In the bottom of dawn in the point of Alençon, also in the needle. The difference with the point of Argentan, it is the bottom. |
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