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Flounce
(late 17th century)
Medium
linen (bobbin lace) (Milanese)
Measurements
24.0 × 287.0 cm
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
Place/s of Execution
Northern Italy
Accession Number
939-D5
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest