Object details
Accession number
T25bai121
Primary Creator
Spanish
Full title
Lace Flounce
Creation Date
17th century
Description
Tassels
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from art and antiques dealer Enrique Gomez, Madrid, on 23 March 1888.
Dimensions
445.8 x 21.6 cm (175 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Silk and metal, bobbin lace
Web Commentary
Lacemaking in Spain can be traced back to the Middle Ages, but lace became fashionable in the 15th and 16th centuries. This lace flounce made of silver thread may have been used on an ecclesiastical vestment, a common practice in 17th century Spain.
Permanent Gallery Location
Veronese Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 207.
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 136-137, no. 80.
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