FASHION / EMBROIDERY - by Janine Montupet - Robert Laffont 2 - Lot 869

FASHION / EMBROIDERY - by Janine Montupet - Robert Laffont 2004 - 417 pages - 24 x 15 cm. LA DENTELLIERE D' ALENCON. Wonderful historical novel. Set during the reign of Louis XV, in the town of Alençon-Orne, the life of a little 5-year-old girl, Gilonne, who after ten years of confinement to learn the trade of lace-maker, becomes a worker and is able to make the most beautiful lace in the world. The story of the making of lace, and the habits and customs of the trade at a time when Alençon, a Protestant town, had to endure royal repression of the Huguenot community and become Catholic or go into exile. A great way to learn about French history, and everything you need to know about "point de France" lace, how it was made, used and organized...