the art of lace in northeast brazil

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