My thoughts on the Boleyn Canopy, a lace cover with an interesting history
https://www.sophieploeg.com/blog/boleyn-canopy/
#lacehistory #fashionhistory

My thoughts on the Boleyn Canopy, a lace cover with an interesting history
https://www.sophieploeg.com/blog/boleyn-canopy/
#lacehistory #fashionhistory

If you like introductions, just read my bio 😜 suffice to say I do art, art history, early modern portraiture, lace history and Roman art. #histodons #arthistodons #classics #antiquity #lacehistory #earlymodern

My interest in historic lace goes back a long time. I've spent many years painting lace myself and was lucky to dive deeper into lace history with the help of the National Portrait Gallery in 2013. Read more about my lace adventures in that year here: https://www.sophieploeg.com/paintings/bp-travel-award/research/
#lacehistory #histodons #fashionhistory #arthistory #arthistodons

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Gorgeous early 17th century needle lace collar from the @metmuseum@twitter.com collection- this type of lace so often seen in Portraits of the time like this one by William Larkin #arthistory #lacehistory