Ernest Boiceau

soie brodée au point de Cornely

Ernest Boiceau set up his embroidery workshop in 1910 and, to begin with, supplied both the fashion and the theatre world. He patented the Point de Cornely, an embroidery stitch derived from Emile Cornely’s research in 1865, and began to apply this technique to his own drawings in 1924-1925. The periodical ‘l’Art Vivant’ praised this technique in 1927, explaining that it enlivened artworks’ surfaces.

FR : Bon état général. Traces d'humidité et légère insolation sur les bordures. EN : Good overall condition. Humidity stains and insolation on the sides.
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Ernest Boiceau crée son atelier de broderie en 1910 et fournit dans un premier temps le monde de la mode et du théatre. Il dépose une licence pour le Point de Cornely, point de broderie dérivé des recherches d'Emile Cornely en 1865 et applique cette technique à ses propres dessins à partir de 1924-1925. La revue "l'Art Vivant" en fait l'éloge en 1927, expliquant que cette technique rendait vivante la surface des oeuvres