In Moulins, the Visitation museum unveils its new exhibition: “Lace of fashion, Fashion lace, ” … A journey in elegance where luxury is revealed to the visitor who knows how to take time and look closely. ( until December 24, 2017). In the beginning it was thread. Then came the spindle, the hand and patience […]
New exhibit on Lace opens at Visitation Museum in Moulins, France http://www.lamontagne.fr/moulins/loisirs/art-litterature/2017/05/17/quatre-raisons-de-decouvrir-la-nouvelle-exposition-du-musee-de-la-visitation-de-moulins_12406948.html# Excerpts Translated by blogger: Here are four reasons to discover the new exhibition presented at the Museum of the Visitation, in Moulins, until December 23: The new temporary exhibition of the Visitation Museum shows beautiful lace. And not only those of liturgical clothing. […]
Today the word “lace” irresistibly evokes fashion. The historical reality of lace is quite different. Indeed, it was not particularly feminine since men wore it as much as women for three centuries. Worn with sleeves, collar, hair, hairstyles and dresses, lace is then the outer sign of wealth, even more so than jewelry and rich […]
