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Panel
(late 17th century-early 18th century)
- Medium
- linen, metal (needle lace) (mezzo punto)
- Measurements
- 38.8 × 26.5 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- (Italy / Spain)
- Accession Number
- 819-D2
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1908
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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Mezzo punto lace combines long strips of bobbin-lace tape arranged in a sinuous design, with fillings made in needle lace. The design of this lace panel appears to be from the late seventeenth century, when more eclectic lace designs were produced, such as the less common combination of geometric motifs with twisting lines. However, lace historian and curator Rosemary Shepherd has suggested that it could be from later, having been created using the technique of wrapping metallic thread around a twisted core, which developed in the early eighteenth century. The impression of a broad colour palette is created by interspersing metallic thread with linen thread and yellow fibre.