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The Point de France was born thanks to an initiative of the minister of finance of Louis XIV, Jean Baptiste Colbert, who on August, 5, 1665 created the Royal Lace Manufactures in many different cities of the kingdom. After several attempts to copy the famous Gros Point de Venise, French lace makers were able to create a new, and competitive, lace, the Point de France. Without any major changes in the basic technique, minus the high relief characteristic of the Gros Point, it was in the choice of the designs that the Point de France distinguished itself. The patterns certainly came from the court of Versailles. In fact, in the Point de France dominate large compositions resembling architectural projects where are numerous symbols and allusions to the Sun King, such as suns, sunflowers, canopies, royal crowns, symmetrically arranged and regularly spaced, in a way that is characteristic of the time. Further reading:
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