Alençon lace

Japanese: アランソン・レース - あらんそんれーす
Alençon lace

… In France at that time, domestic production was planned to compete with the popularity of Italian lace, and Louis XIV's minister Colbert established the Royal Lace Factory in Sedan, and eventually invented French lace called point de Sedan (point de France). Colbert also invited lacemakers from Flanders and Venice to Alençon, and after repeated improvements based on the sketches of specialized designers, created the so-called Alençon lace, which became the envy of Europe in the 1670s. The design of this lace included lotus palmettes, pine cones, carnations, and large acanthus-like leaves, and the outlines of the patterns were raised with cordonnets (thin cords) sewn with blanket stitches using thread, horsehair, or human hair as cores, and the lace was joined together using a regular hexagonal mesh. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Alençon lace" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 当時フランスでは,イタリア製レースの人気に対抗して国内での生産が計画され,ルイ14世の宰相コルベールが,スダン(セダン)に王立レース製造所を創設し,やがて,ポアン・ド・スダン(セダン)point de Sedanと呼ぶフランス製レース(ポアン・ド・フランスpoint de France)が考案された。コルベールはさらに,アランソンにフランドルやベネチアからレース工を招き,専門デザイナーの下絵をもとにして工夫を重ね,1670年代にはヨーロッパ各地の羨望の的になるいわゆるアランソン・レースAlençon laceを作り上げた。このレースのデザインは,ロータス・パルメット,松かさ,カーネーション,アカンサス風の大きな葉などで,模様の輪郭には,糸,馬の毛,人の髪の毛などを芯にしてブランケット・ステッチでかがったコルドネcordonnet(細いひも)をつけて浮き上がらせ,つなぎには六角形の規則正しいメッシュを使ったみごとなレースである。…

※「アランソン・レース」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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