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2. Alençon lace - Wikipedia

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   The manufacture of Alençon lace entered terminal decline at the end of the 19th century with changes in fashion and the development of cheaper, machine-made lace. Hand-made lace-making survived on a small scale and the technique was preserved by Carmelite nuns in Alençon. In 1976 a National Lace Workshop was established in the town to ensure ...

3. Lace - Wikipedia

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   Lace is a delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern, [ 1] made by machine or by hand. Generally, lace is split into two main categories, needlelace and bobbin lace, [ 2]: 122 although there are other types of lace, such as knitted or crocheted lace. Other laces such as these are considered as a category of their specific ...

4. Wedding dress of Queen Victoria - Wikipedia

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   Satin, Honiton lace. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 10 February 1840. She chose to wear a white wedding dress made from heavy silk satin, making her one of the first women to wear white for their wedding. [ 1][ 2] The Honiton lace used for her wedding dress proved an important boost to ...

5. Chantilly lace - Wikipedia

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   Chantilly lace is a handmade bobbin lace named after the city of Chantilly, [ 1] France, in a tradition dating from the 17th century. [ 2][ 3] The famous silk laces were introduced in the 18th century. Chantilly lace, was also produced in the 19th century but this one was actually made not in Chantilly area but in the French Norman town Bayeux ...

6. Musée des Beaux-arts et de la Dentelle d'Alençon - Wikipedia

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   Type. Fine art, lace. Website. paysdalencontourisme.fr. Musée des Beaux-arts et de la Dentelle d'Alençon (In English: Museum of Fine Arts and Lace of Alençon) is an art museum located in Alençon, France. [1] [2] The museum has been open since 1981. [3]

7. Alençon - Wikipedia

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   1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Alençon ( UK: / æˈlɒ̃sɒ̃ /, [ 3 ] US: / ˌælɒ̃ˈsoʊn /, [ 4 ]French: [alɑ̃sɔ̃] ⓘ; Norman: Alençoun) is a commune in Normandy, France, and the capital of the Orne department. [ 5 ] It is situated 173 ...