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Threads of power : lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen

Textilmuseum St. Gallen, organizer, owner, Cormack, Emma, editor, author, curator, Majer, Michele, editor, author, curator, Kos, Ilona, author, curator, Karl, Barbara, author, Grey, Laura, book designer, Bard Graduate Center Gallery, organizer, host institution, Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, publisher, copyright holder

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\"Threads of Power: Lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen' offers a look at one of the world's finest collections of historical lace. It traces the development of European lace from its emergence in the sixteenth century to the present, elucidating its important role in fashion. The book explores the longstanding connections between lace and status, addressing styles in lace worn at royal courts, including Habsburg Spain and Bourbon France, as well as lace worn by the elite ruling classes and Indigenous peoples in the Spanish Americas. Featuring new research, the publication covers a range of topics related to lace production, lace in fashion and portraiture, lace revivals, the mechanization of the lace industries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and contemporary innovations in lace. With a focus on lace techniques, women lace makers, and lace as a signifier of wealth and power, this richly illustrated book includes wide-ranging contributions by curators and experts from major museums and academic institutions\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Bard Graduate Center,Yale University Press,Graphius
• Subject: Textilmuseum St. Gallen Exhibitions. / Lace and lace making History Exhibitions. / Lace industry History Exhibitions. / Lace craft History Exhibitions. / Lace and lace making Europe History Exhibitions. / Lace and lace making Latin America History Exhibitions. / DESIGN / Textile & Costume.
• ISBN: 9780300263497, 030026349X

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