Procession in Lace (French: Le Cortège en dentelles) is a painting executed by the Belgian artist Paul Delvaux in 1936.
A procession of women dressed in white lace garments follow a paved road that leads away from the viewer.
[3] The art historian Virginie Devillers contrasts Procession in Lace with Delvaux's earlier, expressionist paintings, writing that their fairground aesthetics and unelegant women have been replaced by gesturing women remeniscent of wax dolls and mannequins, wearing dresses that could be inspired by fashion magazines or garments belonging by Delvaux's aunts.
Draguet says the combination of mystery and theatricality "probably" should be understood as an attempt at "domestication through beauty of a chaos that is pacified through ritual".
[5] Nathalia Brodskaïa says the "peaceful, ceremonious moment" depicted in Procession in Lace creates a secret in the painting, despite not containing any action that stands out as special.