In the State Vladimir-Suzdal historic-architectural and art museum-reserve an exhibition of "lace Balakhna"

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In State Vladimir-Suzdal historic-architectural and art museum-reserve (Vladimir, st. Bolshaya Moskovskaya, 43) opened the exhibition "lace Balakhna».

the art to lace originated in Western Europe in the XVI century. The right to be called home to lace challenge Italy, Belgium and France.

Russian lace appeared in the XVII century. It not only preserved and developed the best traditions of the masters of European countries, but also became the true national artistic phenomenon, independent of which is expressed in the richness of color, variety of techniques and visual character of the ornament. By the beginning of XX century in 17 provinces of Russia were engaged in lace over a hundred thousand professional lace.

One of the prominent centers of lace in the XVIII - XIX centuries was an ancient city on the Volga - Balakhna.

Since ancient times, renowned for their distinctive handicrafts Balakhna: Enjoy your visits, shipbuilding, manufacture of bricks and tiles, blacksmithing and pottery, Bell ... The oil field production and trading activities are undertaken by the male population of the city, while the women were being meschanok free from household activities. So lace has found fertile ground here for development and at the same time brought the city a truly world-famous.

Fishing covering 225 villages Balakhna district of Nizhny Novgorod province, where the woven lace over two thousand skilled workers. In the case went mostly white, cream and black silk. Also used in cotton and linen threads.

feature Balakhna lace became mnogoparnaya technique of weaving - the most difficult and time-consuming. It adopts a large number of bobbins, with vypletenii amounting to 300 pairs and more. Value depended on the purity of lace weave, weight, number of used bobbins.

Balakhna lashes created a special "balahonsky manners. The originality lies in its lightness of lace lattices, which are thick with flowers and bunches of grapes. Pride Balakhna masters have always been a lacy silk "grape" headscarf. According to contemporaries, these kerchiefs competed in that period with Belgian lace of Brabant.

It is also well-known reasons "balahonskaya Rose" and "cucumber". "Balahonskaya Rose" became a kind of hallmark of local plant ornament lace. There is a tradition that the blonde with red rosettes, surrounded by white silk filigree on a golden beige background were ordered balahonskim mistress itself Catherine II.

At the beginning of XX century lace fishing in Balakhna gradually began to fade . Earnings Balakhna lace was less than in other centers. The main reasons for this situation are more labor-intensive technology of weaving and the high cost of raw materials - fine silk. Despite the good taste of lace at the Nizhny Novgorod fair prices were kept low.

In 1912, rural council had attempted to revive the most beautiful fishing Balakhna. At Grand Street Nativity school was opened lace. First, it trained 23 student, and then every year the number of students decreased, and in 1915 the school was closed.

currently Balakhna rich collection of lace, with over 500 exhibits, is stored in the regional museum.

The exhibition in Vladimir submitted about 100 samples Balakhna lace middle of XIX - beginning of XXI century, among them: her scarf, scarves, jackets, napkins, pillowcases, valances, tracks, collars, cuffs ... Antique lace products, carefully assembled staff Balakhna regional museum, and a hundred years later surprised contemporaries by its elegance and beauty.

Kuznetsova IV, spokesman for Museum

Source: museum.vladimir.ru