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Alençon lace (UK: / ˈælənsɒn, æˈlɒ̃sɒ̃ /, [1] US: / əˈlɛnsɒn, - sən /) [2][3] or point d'Alençon (French: [pwɛ̃ dalɑ̃sɔ̃]) is a needle lace that originated in Alençon, France. It is sometimes called the "Queen of lace." Lace making began in Alençon during the 16th century and the local industry was rapidly expanded ...
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 kilometres (107 mi) west of Paris. Alençon belongs to the intercommunality of Alençon (with 52,000 people).
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]
Argentan lace or Point d'Argentan is an 18th century needle lace from Argentan, France. Argentella is derived from Argentan. [1][2] Argentan lace exhibits a more prominent and larger pattern in contrast to its nearest variant, Alençon lace. [1] A distinctive feature of Argentan point lace is the "bride picotée", which may have originated from ...
The county of Alençon was raised to a dukedom in 1414. Jean, 1st Duc d'Alençon, was killed at Agincourt, 1415, after having with his own hand slain the Duke of York. His son, Jean, 2nd Duc d'Alençon (who features in Shakespeare 's Henry VI), was dispossessed of his duchy in the Battle of Verneuil on 17 August 1424: the Duke was defeated and ...
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 and ...
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Charles was the second son of Charles of Valois and his first wife Margaret, Countess of Anjou, [1] and brother of Philip VI of France. In April 1314 he married Joan of Joigny, [2] who succeeded her father John II as Countess of Joigny in 1335, but she died on 2 September 1336. They had no children. Charles made his debut in Guyenne under the ...