Terms and conditions of use
Flounce
(late 17th century)
- 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
- 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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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.