Vologda lace-masterpieces woven by hand

Vologda lace is a special phenomenon in the folk art of the Russian North. The richness and variety of patterns, the purity of lines, dimensional rhythms of ornaments, high skill - this is its artistic originality.

About Vologda lace composed poems and songs created for films released colorful booklets. Vologda lace is known all over the world, for a long time it represented the glory of Russian lace. Lace is an amazing creation of the human imagination, began as a kind of decorative jewelry products made of fabric and over time have enriched the field of art, amazing luxury openwork patterns and weaves. There is a legend that in 1725 Peter I wrote the monasteries of Brabant - 250 lacemakers, learning to weave the lace of orphans in the Novodevichy convent. For a long time whether there is training in the monastery is unknown.

Artistic features of Vologda lace was formed in the XVII-XVIII centuries. Until the nineteenth century lace-making was in the nature of home crafts. In the 20-ies of the XIX century in the outskirts of Vologda was founded a lace factory which had dozens of serf girls-lace. In the mid-nineteenth century lace-making in Vologda region into a fishery that was done by thousands of skilled workers in different counties. Especially this craft was developed in the Vologda, Gryazovets and Taurage counties. In each of them there were local features of patterns and techniques of weaving, the circle of Lacy products, but only the thin expert of this art can distinguish them.

Lacy fishing in the Vologda province reached its peak in the second half of the XIX century. If in 1893 four thousand skilled workers were engaged in weaving, then in 1912 there were almost forty thousand of them. The fame of the Vologda lace stepped over the borders of the country. Fashion it covered many countries in Europe.