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BAROT Cécile
- Born
- Montreal, Quebec, 1903
- Died
- Montreal, Quebec, 1957
- Biography synopsis
- Cécile Barot was one of the main defenders of the traditional ceinture fléchée. She learned the craft while on vacation in Charlevoix and, upon her return to Montreal, studied ethnographer Marius Barbeau's writings in order to perfect her technique. At the time, fléché was considered a dying art and Barot, along with Françoise Gaudet-Smet and other scholars, is credited with the revival of interest in the craft. Besides producing belts at a frenetic pace, Barot conducted several demonstrations during craft fairs, cooperated with the Canadian Handicrafts Guild and wrote a technical guide to the ceinture fléchée which was published in Barbeau's book on the subject. In recognition of her contribution to traditional revival, Barot received the Grand Prix d'artisanat de la province de Québec in 1951. Her work has been featured in several exhibits including "Le fléché, bien plus qu'une ceinture!" which was presented at La Maison des Jésuites de Sillery from March to December 2014.
- Media used
- Finger Weaving: Ceinture flechee
- File & Archive locations
- Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
- National Film Board of Canada, QC
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- Centrale d'artisanat du Québec
- McCord Museum Archives, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Barbeau, Marius. Ceinture fléchée Montreal: Les Éditions l'Étincelle, 1973
- Barbeau, Victor. Initiation à l'humain Montreal, QC: Éditions de la "Familiale", 1944
- Galaise, Suzanne. "La ceinture flechee." Les Franco-Americains et leur heritage quebecois Quebec, QC: Conseil de la vie francaise en Amerique, 1986
- Gaudet-Smet, Françoise. "Avant Tout." Le Bien Public 17 Feb. 1944: 2
- Gaudet-Smet, Françoise. "Cécile Barot et son oeuvre." Paysana May 1945: 6-7
- Gauvreau, Jean-Marie. "La ceinture fléchée." Vie des Arts 13 (1958): 30-33
- Genest Leblanc, Monique. Introduction de la ceinture fléchée chez les Amérindiens: création d'un symbol de statut social Québec, Quebec: Université de Laval, 1996
- L'Association des artisans de ceinture flechee de Lanaudiere. Histoire et origines de la ceinture flechee traditionelle dite de L'Assomption Sillery, QC: Les Editions du Septentrion, 1994
- Labsade, Françoise. Le Québec, un pays, une culture. Montreal: Boréal, 2001
- Lavallee, Pierrette. "Le fleche." Femmes d'ici (Montreal) 16.2 (Oct. 1981): 12-13
http://bv.cdeacf.ca/CF_PDF/1989_09_pd234_1981v16n02.pdf - Le Pailleur, Jean-P.. "Exposition provinciale d'artisanat organisée à Salaberry-de-Valleyfield." Le Salaberry 29 June 1944: 8-9
- Leduc, Maurice. "Fleches de toutes laines." Le Maclean (Montreal) (Dec. 1973): 30-32 & 38-40
- Simard, Cyril. Artisanat Quebecois Montreal: Les Editions de l'Homme, 1975
- Verdeau-Hemlin, Denise. Évolution des motifs de fléché. Montreal, QC: L'Association des artisans de la ceinture fléchée du Québec, 1990
Writings by- Barot, Cécile, Marius Barbeau. "Méthode de Mlle Cécile Barot." Ceinture Fléchée. Montreal, QC: Les Éditions l'Étincelle, 1973
