NORTHERN ITALY

Flounce
(late 17th century)

Medium

linen (bobbin lace) (Milanese)

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1964

Gallery location: Not on display

About this work

Milanese was bobbin lace associated with Milan, but from the seventeenth until the eighteenth century was as likely made in other northern Italian cities such as Genoa and Venice. The eagle motif of this wide strip of lace trimming, known as a flounce, may be a reference to the House of Sforza, the dynasty under which the city-state Milan flourished during the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.

Artwork Details

Medium

linen (bobbin lace) (Milanese)

Measurements

24.0 × 287.0 cm

Place/s of Execution

Northern Italy

Accession Number

939-D5

Department

International Fashion and Textiles

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1964
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Gallery location

Not on display

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NORTHERN ITALY

Flounce
(late 17th century)