Mon Jul 12, 2021 09:08 AM

July 12, 2021

I knew the detailed figural patterns in Iseppo Foresto’s 1564 “Splendore delle virtuose giovani” were intended as lace and cutwork designs, but I don’t know enough about lace to quite understand how that might look when worked up. Seeing a similar scene of floral exuberance surrounding intricate pictorial elements in this 17th century insertion at the Met rather knocked me back on my heels. It is exquisite.

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/349915

‘Insertion 17th Century Spanish or Italian Needlelace, Gros point lace. Accession Number: 53.162.6 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/227657