by Josette Martin Favelier
Type of lace: Freehand Alpine lace (made without any pricking). Linen thread.
Location:Tignes is a little village in Tarentaise, in the French Alps, not far from Val d’Isère.
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The pillow is made with
straw and is covered with a plain piece of fabric. The lace is made directly
on the pillow without any pricking.
The bobbins are quite
different from other French ones, with a bulbous end.
The lace maker puts few
pins, just on the edges.
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The
Lace:
This coarse straight peasant lace used to be made by women from the end of the 18th century, not for their own use, but to be sold in Torino (Italy) where local haberdashers ordered it for their customers. The thread came from Italy as well, and it was mostly linen, sometimes hemp. It was certainly used for the decoration of household linen, or the underwear. The production ceased about the 1st World War. The torchon ground may
make you think about Cogne lace, but there are differences such as the
extra crossing that gives the Cogne lace a certain firmness. Tignes laces
are narrow, from 1.3cm up to 5cm in general, and do not require more than
40 bobbins.
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"sample made by Françoise Monneret/extract from her catalogue.(see below)." |
Article:
- OIDA Bulletin 4/1999 :The Lace of Tignes and the Lace of Queyras La Dentelle by Françoise Monneret n° 76: La Dentelle des Alpes
BOOKS:
Françoise Monneret has published two catalogues of patterns:
Françoise Monneret has published two catalogues of patterns:
La Dentelle de Tignes, 31 patterns with their diagrams and technical information. Les Angles de la Dentelle de Tignes, 31 angles imagined by Françoise to fit the straight patterns, for the pleasure of the lace makers. La Dentelle des Pays de Savoie, to be published in June 2002
Places
of Intrest:
- Musée de la Maison des Artisans, Séez, (Savoie)
- Musée du Costume de Bourg Saint Maurice/ Hauteville-Gondon (Savoie)Tel: +33 (47) 90 709 01
- Office du Tourisme de Bourg Saint Maurice (Savoie). Jean Marie Chevronnet : guide and interpret