Set of lace bobbins
Medium
wood, ivory, glass, metal
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1929
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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SHOE
Hero and Leander
Nicolas RÉGNIER
Beach dress
FRANCE
Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara
Dosso DOSSI; Battista DOSSI (attributed to)
Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera)
Francesco GUARDI
Dress
ALAÏA, Paris (fashion house); Azzedine ALAÏA (designer)
The victory of faith
St George HARE
Cabinet
W. H. ROCKE & CO., Melbourne (manufacturer); John MATHER (decorator)
(Anna Romana Wright reading by candlelight)
Joseph WRIGHT of Derby
Spouted pharmacy jar
ORAZIO POMPEI WORKSHOP, Castelli (manufacturer)
Forest and sun
Max ERNST
Great dancing pair
Erich HECKEL
Sampler
Margaret FOSTER
The Mayor's Cup
William KERR
Two old men disputing
REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn
Dress
STEPHEN SPROUSE, New York (fashion house); Stephen SPROUSE (designer)
Anguish
August Friedrich Albrecht SCHENCK
The Banquet of Cleopatra
Giambattista TIEPOLO
The thinker
Auguste RODIN
Writing cabinet
Rene DUBOIS
PANEL
(TURKEY)
A monk with a book
TITIAN
Lace
(FRANCE)
BROOCH
LENGTH OF FABRIC
The Crossing of the Red Sea
Nicolas POUSSIN
Boots
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Alexander McQUEEN (designer); Sarah BURTON (designer)
Dress
GUCCI, Florence (fashion house)
Self-portrait
Joseph WRIGHT of Derby
Portrait of a gentleman
Louis TOCQUÉ