Le "Poinct de Tulle"
During
displacements in my area, I had the occasion to meet othercraftsmen working
in other fields. I introduce Mrs Cathy Vedrenne here to you whose talent is
exerted in a type of lace which developed in the town of Tulle in Corrèze.
This
artist saw in the 1/12th miniature scale a challenge and put its knowledge and
its experiment to serve the requirements of this unusual scale...
Judge
for yourself :
Place mat / dim. : 6 cm x 4 cm
Real size
At
the 17th century, a female craft industry, promoted by writers whose Baluze,
protégé from Colbert, and Mascaron,
popularized the TULLE name so well, that it became a common noun, known in the
whole world.
The "tulle", allied to the lace of Venice, very popular during the15th C. seems to be invented at that time in our city.
The
"Poinct de Tulle" consisted of a network of regular, square meshs,
made with the wire of very thin Flandres threads and however solid enough so
that this netting can be embroidered with flowers or delicate ornaments by employing
mainly three points: "Le grossier" (the coarse one)
"Le picot" (the barb - finer)
"Le respectueux" ( the respectful, most delicate ).
Then
were added "La rosette" ( the rosette ), "Le point d'esprit (
the point of spirit) and "Le cordonnet" ( the thin cord ).
All was
of course hand made by the "tullistes" ( tulle makers - term which
indicated Tulle craftwomen ).
Cathy VEDRENNE is a instructress since 1984 and teaches the art of the "point de Tulle" to the children as from 7 years and the adults.
For any information, please contact:
Cathy VEDRENNE-MERLE
Le Bourg
19150 CHANAC LES MINES
FRANCE
Tel. : 05 55 26 71 75
Cellphone : 06 85 18 16 25
Tuesday 05/12/1998 House of Monédières
Mme Chirac, Mme Martine, Cathy Vedrenne, Mme Verdier, Mme Clinton