The intricate design of bobbin and needle lace produced by coastal village women of Brazil's Northeast. Renaissance lace from inland villages, an ancient art brought by Portuguese colonizers

2. 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

3. Lace making started in Europe,
especially in Italy and Belgium,
and was brought to France by
the court of Louis XV. From
France it expanded to Portugal
and 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)

4. Ceará, a major center for handicrafts in the country

5. Ceará

6. Bobbin lace from Aracati, Ceará

7. Aracati, Ceará

8. Divina Pastora - Sergipe

9. Rio Grande do Norte

10. Maranhão

11. Piauí

12. Bahia - Saubara – Recôncavo

13. Saubara, Bahia

14. Saubara

16. Saubara

17. Ilha de Maré - Bahia
1976

18. Ilha de Maré

20. Filet Lace is made with a knitting
needle and was developed using the
same technique used by fishermen for
making their fishing nets. This very
old technique was common among the
Egyptians and Persians and spread
well in Europe, from where it was
brought to Brazil by the Portuguese
colonizers. Filet lace is quite common
in the states of Alagoas and Sergipe.
Filet lace

21. Maceió, Alagoas

22. Alagoas – famous for its filet lace

23. Filet lace - Maceió

24. Filet lace - Maceió

31. 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.
Renaissance Lace

32. Olinda - Pernambuco

33. Renaissance lace from Olinda

36. Renaissance lace

37. Renaissance - Paraíba

38. Renaissance from Pernambuco

39. Pernambuco – wedding gown

43. Renaissance from Alagoas

47. Divina Pastora, Sergipe
Irish lace
Recognized as Brazil Cultural Heritage

48. Aracaju, Sergipe

51. Irish lace– Divina Pastora, Sergipe

60. Chãs do Pereira - Paraíba

61. Labirinto lace from Chãs do Pereira - Paraíba

62. Orobó, Pernambuco

64. Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia

65. Redendê from Maceió

66. Crochet - Canoa Quebrada, Ceará

67. Parnaíba, Piauí

69. Richelieu - mandatory in candomblé
liturgical vestments – Bahia
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70. Richelieu - Salvador, Bahia

71. Bahia - Cachoeira