The art of lace in Northeast Brazil
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For a great many years Brazil’s
Northeast has exported its
beautiful lace to the four corners
of the world. The rendeira (lace
maker woman) with her patient
and well-crafted work, printed an
unparalleled brand in the crafts of
the Northeast. The work of these
women enchants for simplicity but
also for its art and creativity
Lace making started in Europe,especially in Italy and Belgium,and was brought to France bythe court of Louis XV. FromFrance it expanded to Portugaland England.
The Portuguese brought lace to Brazil, where it became an important form of handicraft, both in the Northeast and in Santa Catarina, in the South. The rendeira weaves the thread on a pillow with the aid of bobbins, which are used in pairs.
Renda de Bilro ( Bobbin lace)
Ceará, a major center for handicrafts in the country
Ceará
Bobbin lace from Aracati, Ceará
Aracati, Ceará
Divina Pastora - Sergipe
Rio Grande do Norte
Maranhão
Piauí
Bahia - Saubara – Recôncavo
Saubara, Bahia
Saubara
Saubara
Ilha de Maré - Bahia
1976
Ilha de Maré
Filet Lace is made with a knittingneedle and was developed using thesame technique used by fishermen formaking their fishing nets. This veryold technique was common among theEgyptians and Persians and spreadwell in Europe, from where it wasbrought to Brazil by the Portuguesecolonizers. Filet lace is quite commonin the states of Alagoas and Sergipe.
Filet lace
Maceió, Alagoas
Alagoas – famous for its filet lace
Filet lace - Maceió
Filet lace - Maceió
Renaissance lace started in the island of Burano in Venice
- Italy and arose and developed in the seventeenth century,
during the period of the Renaissance, from which it
derives its name. It came to Brazil with European
missionaries and nuns and here developed rapidly in the
Northeast region, particularly in the states of Pernambuco
and Paraíba. Renaissance lace is highly valued because of
its technical complexity.
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Renaissance Lace
Olinda - Pernambuco
Renaissance lace from Olinda
Renaissance lace
Renaissance - Paraíba
Renaissance from Pernambuco
Pernambuco – wedding gown
Renaissance from Alagoas
Divina Pastora, Sergipe
Irish laceRecognized as Brazil Cultural Heritage
Aracaju, Sergipe
Irish lace– Divina Pastora, Sergipe
Chãs do Pereira - Paraíba
Labirinto lace from Chãs do Pereira - Paraíba
Orobó, Pernambuco
Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia
Redendê from Maceió
Crochet - Canoa Quebrada, Ceará
Parnaíba, Piauí
Richelieu - mandatory in candomblé
liturgical vestments – Bahia
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Richelieu - Salvador, Bahia
Bahia - Cachoeira