So Cultures – July 2019

THE LACE

ROOM

The Lace Room is a remarkable

area in the museum where rare

pieces from the museum's

collections are displayed and

visitors also get well informed

about complete story related to

these pieces, their history,

heritage significance, textile

intricacies, the work mastery etc

etc

HAUTE-COUTURE

LACES

Carine Gilson, the ace designer is

the "haute-couture" patron of

the Lace Room. .Her unique

designer clothes from the attest

collection can always be found on

show in the Lace Room. Then there

are so many crème de la crème of

designers exhibiting their exclusive

clothes.

BRUSSLES LACES

The richly delicate designs near-

naturalistic, almost weightless and at

times breathtakingly beautiful,

Brussels laces are decorative textile

created using needle/ bobbins. The

motifs are joined together using

afterwards. Their enviable

supremacy comes from the assured

superior craft and commercial

success

CONTEMPORARY

LACE

Many new age designers like Elodie

Antoine, textile artist using

innovative lace techniques to create

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Carine Gilson, ace designer