Exhibition – From Thread to Pearls

Homage to these poorly paid female occupations, which never left their hands idle.
After an introduction to traditional textiles (hemp, wool) or those that came later (silk, cotton), the first part of the exhibition will focus on household operations (knitting, tapestry) taught to young girls from a very young age. age, under the guidance of their mothers or grandmothers. In passing, we will recall the school exercise going in the same direction, whether in public schools or in religious boarding schools.
Around a reconstruction, the "embroiderer's room", inspired by an old installation, on this floor, by Alice Taverne, visitors will then be able to discover a number of masterpieces created with the different embroidery and embroidery processes. lace manufacturing, from the embroidery of men's vests from the Louis XVI era, to recent creations where this art of thread has become a hobby.
Aspects little known today will also take place, such as the use of glass beads, jet, tinsel, even "paperoles" for the reliquaries made by nuns, or even the rosaries made by the shepherdesses of Haut Drill for the Ambert merchants.

Reduced price: €4 (students, disabled people, job seekers, holders of Campagne, Moisson, Tec en Roannais, Inter CE 42 cards), Adult: €6, Teenager: €3 (from 10 to 15 years old
free under 10).