Pair of cuffs

Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 509

Gorgeous apparel




The work of professional female lace-makers from Genoa was highly sought-after in the seventeenth century throughout Europe. These ornately worked cuffs are reminders of the textile layering used in the finest fashions of the period.

Pair of cuffs, Bobbin and needle lace, Italian

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