Silk damask from Lucca, with medallion pattern

Published/Created:
ca. 1500-1599
Date Depicted:
1975
1500 AD - 1699 AD
Notes:
Silks, satins, brocades, and velvets, as well as very fine linens and cottons, are all important.
Abstract:
Compared to the stiff English dress and the harsh and heavily decorated German dress, Italian dress is soft and sensual.
Topics:
Costume -- Europe -- History -- (LC)
Textiles -- Italy -- 16th century -- (YVRC)
Period/Style:
Reformation
Culture:
Italian
Accession Number:
4390-045
Genre:
costume (mode of fashion) (AAT)
textiles (AAT)
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Clothing & Accessories
Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Rights:
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Access Restrictions:
Yale Community Only
Source Creator:
Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen
Source Title:
History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 3
Source Created:
New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1975
Call Number:
GT513 +B87 3 (LC)
Orbis Barcode:
39002051938471
Yale Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Digital Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Original Repository:
Berlin, Germany: Kunstgewerbemuseum
OID:
10600391
PID:
digcoll:1797057