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Sébastien Collet, service communication de la ville d'Alençon in Unesco ICH website
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Craftsmanship of Alençon needle lace-making
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The technique of point d’Alençon is a rare technique of needle lace-making, practised in the town of Alençon in Normandy in north-west France. Alençon needle lace is unusual because of the high level of craftsmanship required and the very long time that it takes to produce (seven hours per square centimetre). The pieces of openwork textile using the technique are used for decorative purposes in civil and religious life. The piece is made up of design elements held together by a finely stitched net. Its process comprises a number of successive stages: drawing and pricking of the design on parchment, creating the outline of the design and the background netting, then the typical stitching of the patterns, shading with filling stitches, decorating with designs, and embroidering to create relief. Then the lace is removed from the parchment with a razor blade; trimmed and, finally, the filling stitches are polished with a lobster claw.
Community or culture | Comunidad o cultura | Comunidade ou cultura
Practitioners, Autor | Practicantes, Autores | Praticantes, Autores
Museum | Museo | Museu
Place | Local | Local
Alençon, Normandy
Country | País
France
Language | Idioma

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ACCAAN, 2003, in Unesco ICH website
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Sébastien Collet, service communication de la ville d'Alençon in Unesco ICH website
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Sébastien Collet, service communication de la ville d'Alençon in Unesco ICH website
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Gilles Kervella, 2009 in Unesco ICH website
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Traditional craftsmanship | Artesanía tradicional | Saber fazer
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Body, clothing and adornments | Cuerpo, ropa y adornos | Corpo, vestuário e adornos
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