The tradition & historical record
1 min read · 2 sourcesArgentan lace or Point d'Argentan is an 18th-century needle lace from Argentan, Normandy, France. Argentella is derived from Argentan. Argentan lace exhibits a more prominent and larger pattern in contrast to its nearest variant, Alençon lace. A distinctive feature of Argentan point lace is the "bride picotée", which may have originated from early Venetian lace-making techniques. 1
The Scuola Merletti di Burano produced needle lace inspired by the French Argentan and d’Alençon, but with characteristics of its own and new motifs. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Argentan lace”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Argentan lace is Needle lace from Normandy, France, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 4 external registers, which can be verified through the citation. 2