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Lace frill

Cité de la dentelle et de la mode

Cité de la dentelle et de la mode
Calais, France

The Lefébure factory was active in Bayeux between 1829 and 1932. This was one of the most important French lace houses of this period. Great connoisseurs of the history of hand-made lace, Auguste Lefébure, and then his son Ernest, approached perfection in the virtuosic creation of ancient and contemporary point techniques. Here a Blonde style lace, a technique originating in Normandy, decor inspired by the models of the Second Empire.

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  • Title: Lace frill
  • Manufacturer: Atelier LEFEBURE
  • Location Created: France
  • Physical Dimensions: 19 x 132
  • Type: Hand-made lace (continuous threads), Blonde style
  • Medium: Silk
  • period: around 1900
  • Inventory number: CiDM 1993.26.37
  • Conservatory storage: Calais, France
Cité de la dentelle et de la mode

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