Threads of Power

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Lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen

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Threads of Power: Lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen traces the history of European lace from its sixteenth-century origins to modern times, highlighting its significant role in fashion. The book explores lace as a symbol of status, detailing styles worn at royal courts such as Habsburg Spain and Bourbon France, and among elite ruling classes and Indigenous peoples in the Spanish Americas. It covers lace production, fashion and portraiture, lace revivals, industrial mechanisation, and contemporary innovations, with a focus on techniques and the role of women lace makers.
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This book is ideal for enthusiasts of fashion history, textile arts, cultural studies, and those interested in the socio-political significance of lace across centuries.

Traces the history of lace in fashion from its sixteenth-century origins to the present

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Traces the history of lace in fashion from its sixteenth-century origins to the present

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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300263497

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 22 November 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 500 color + b-w illus.

Contributors:

Edited by Emma Cormack
Edited by Michele Majer
Contributions by Barbara Karl
Contributions by Paula Hohti
Contributions by Femke Speelberg
Contributions by Frieda Sorber
Contributions by Amalia Descalzo Lorenzo
Contributions by Mariselle Meléndez
Contributions by James Middleton

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 212.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 432

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Arts & Culture Home & Garden Non-Fiction

About the Author

Emma Cormack is associate curator, and Michele Majer is assistant professor, both at the Bard Graduate Center, New York.