The Treasures of Lace

Beautiful antique lace samples in a small chamber and wonderfully presented. I missed looking at the name of the collection but I believe it is of DMC - Les trésors dentelliers de Thérèse de Dillmont.

   

    

 
My rep in the US, and a good friend Lisa of Frenchneedle is also the US distributor of Rouge du Rhin who had a stand and were very kind to provide me with an entry to the show l'aiguille en fete ... The first day was packed with people and I would not be wrong if I said thousands of them ... The fastest speed one could walk around and between the lanes was the speed of a penguen swinging left & right.

Luckily, I made another visit to the show and comfortably had a chance to breath and enjoy all the wonderful art on display. As mentioned earlier, I was a bit disappointed that though lace was to be the hit of the show, it wasn't at all, grace to two Belgian lace companies who had some wonderful antique lace exhibited in their stands.

Anyone into cross stitch would know the brand Rouge du Rhin but if you are not familiar, please do not miss to see the wonderful collection by Marianne & Marie at their webpage.

   

        

L'aiguille en fête

I was there for the first time this year ... It appears there is a theme every year and lace was to be the craze for 2011 as the poster suggests : La Folie Dentelle

Surely, for someone who goes there for the first time especially triggered by the topic "lace mania", I was a bit disappointed. There were not much lace to my astonishment. The show was somehow similar to its genre. Nevertheless, I am very pleased with my visit and delighted to meet wonderful people.

Surely, staying in Paris 16ème for almost eight days in an apartment fully furnished, was the bonus :)

I shall be posting more on the show ... A bientôt!