Participant Info
- First Name
- Louisa
- Last Name
- Gienger
- Country
- Germany
- State
- louisa.gienger@gmail.com
- Affiliation
- Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg
- Website URL
- https://louisagienger.com/
- Keywords
- Lace, Embroidery, Whitework Embroidery, Art History, Women's History, Gender Studies, Material Culture
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Having started as an art historian, I specialised in textiles several years ago and now combine both fields. My main areas of interest are the history of lace and whitework embroidery, with a focus on women’s history and gender studies. I believe that art produced with thread is no less significant than art produced with paint – it is just based on different means of expression.
My current research project at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg explores museum collecting strategies and the development of new lace types in the late nineteenth century:
https://gepris.dfg.de/project/553979550?lang=en
- Recent Publications
Louisa Gienger, A Revivalist Fashion Statement: The Evolution of the Fin de Siècle Chemical Lace Collar, in: Waffen- und Kostümkunde 68, Issue 1 (2026), pp. 71–110.
- Media Coverage
- Featured in the Nederlandse Kostuumvereniging Newsletter (September 2026), highlighting my recent research on late 19th-century chemical lace collars in Waffen- und Kostümkunde.
- Social Media
- www.linkedin.com/in/louisa-gienger-3089351b7/
- Country Focus
- Britain, Ireland, Germany, France
- Expertise by Geography
- France, Germany, Ireland, North America, United Kingdom, Western Europe
- Expertise by Chronology
- 18th century, 19th century, 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Art & Architectural History, Gender, Material Culture, Museums, Women
