Flounce
date: label: Date
content: late 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Brussels-style flounce with a central design of an eagle surmounted by a radiant sun, flanked by entwined initials and paired medallions containing the portraits of a man and woman. Above are crowns under canopies. Below are hearts pierced by arrows and chained together, lover's knots and initials. Probably made in 1695 for the marriage of Maximilian Emmanuel of Bavaria and Therese Cunegonde, daughter of John Sobieksi, the king of Poland.
place: label: made in
content: Belgium
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-50-68
objectType: label: Type
content: lace
label: Type
content: Flounce
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen Technique: Brussels style bobbin lace
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 26 x 80 cm (10 1/4 x 31 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Repeat H: 62.2 cm (24 1/2 in.)