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Keywords
lace-making, Vologda lace, Yelets lace, Mikhailovskoye lace, Zakhozhskoye lace, Vologda Lace Museum, Vita Lace festival
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How to Cite
Sorokina, M.A. (2026) ‘Contemporary Russian lace’, The Art of Eurasia, (3), pp. 272–287. doi:10.46748/ARTEURAS.2026.03.014.
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Abstract
This study aims to summarise information on the current status of traditional lacemaking centres. It provides an overview of contemporary lace firms and enterprises, highlights state and municipal support measures for lacemaking as a form of folk art, and provides examples of private initiatives to create conditions for the preservation and development of lace, as well as support for educational programmes that promote lace in society. This article introduces previously unpublished, cutting-edge data on the state and transformation of Russian lacemaking in the first half of the 2020s, as well as works submitted by their creators for exhibitions at the Russian Museum and other museums. The research is based on personal meetings with artisans and artists currently working in various lacemaking centres and educational institutions, as well as personal impressions from participating in the Vita Lace festival and other events. The systematisation of the presented facts makes it possible to consider modern problems in the development of lacemaking, as well as current issues regarding the relationship between professional and amateur principles in folk art, which require further research.
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