Lace Flounce (c. 1665): Art, History and Details

Lace Flounce (c. 1665) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This lace fragment depicts King Charles II of Spain, who ascended to the throne in 1665 at the age of three. An inscription below the figure reads CA SECO REX HPA. There are pieces of this same lace in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (T.26-1949), the Royal Museum of Art and History, Brussels (inv. 3269), and the TextilMuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland (inv. 00696).

Object facts

• Title: Lace Flounce
• Date: c. 1665
• Culture: Belgium, Ghent(?)
• Type: Lace
• Technique: Linen: bobbin lace
• Dimensions: Average: 19.4 x 92.1 cm (7 5/8 x 36 1/4 in.)
• Collection: T - Lace
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1923.975

Collection credit

Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene, G. G. Wade and J. H. Wade Jr. for the Ellen Garretson Wade Memorial Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Risselen-Steenebrugen, M. "Une Dentelle a L'Effige de Charles II d'Espagne." Bulletin des Musees royaex d'art et d'hiistoire. vol. 23, 1951
• Textilmuseum St Gallen, Ilona Kos, Barbara Karl, Laura Grey, and Bard Graduate Center Gallery. Threads of Power : Lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen. Edited by Emma Cormack and Michele Majer. New York: Bard Graduate Center, 2022.

View the collection record

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