. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. dress of the Duchess of Parma, together with a sketch by a good local painter, which \'ecellio describes and adds: 21 Sotto costumano il vcrducato, ovrro faldiglia, qual tien con arte la sottana larga a inodo di campana, che torna molto commodo al caminare, 6 danzare: & hora si costumano per tutta I'ltalia qucsta sopra delta faldiglia. Thus, the bell-shaped farthingale (fig. 8) had by 1590 become the general wear of the upper classes in Italy, as it was already in Spain, France, and England. Of even greater interest is the evidence of Ve
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. dress of the Duchess of Parma, together with a sketch by a good local painter, which \'ecellio describes and adds: 21 Sotto costumano il vcrducato, ovrro faldiglia, qual tien con arte la sottana larga a inodo di campana, che torna molto commodo al caminare, 6 danzare: & hora si costumano per tutta I'ltalia qucsta sopra delta faldiglia. Thus, the bell-shaped farthingale (fig. 8) had by 1590 become the general wear of the upper classes in Italy, as it was already in Spain, France, and England. Of even greater interest is the evidence of Vecellio's relations with a fashion house in Venice. In his general account of the housedresses of the noble ladies of his time, he mentions the rich modern materials and especially silk brocades of four and even of six colors, admirably woven; --' Di queste opcre si belle e stato in Wnctia auttore M. Bartholomeo Bontem])clc dal Calice. il quale alle volte con le mostie,ch"eglifa di qucsti drappi dc' quali lui e stato inventore, mostra la grandczza dell'ingegno suo, la quale e accompagnata da una incoinparabile liberalita. e ilche e mohoaniato dalla nobilta \'enetiana, & da molti Principi d'ltalia & in specie dal Serenissimo Duca di Mantova. Nellasua buttiga dove molti Signori e Principi mandano a fornirsi, & fino al serraglio del Gran Turco, si veggono broccati a opera di tutte le sorte d'oro e di argento. It may seem strange that within 20 years of the Battle of Lepanto (1571) Venetian fabrics were ex- ported from Bontempele's sign of '"The Chalice" to Constantinople to compete with the noted velvets of Brusa. After describing the clothes of the best dressed merchants, \'ecellio does not hesitate to mention his " Translated, this reads: "Underneath, the habit of the ladies [who imitate the Duchess] is to wear the farthingale or pleated frock, which skillfully holds the petticoat out wide like a bell. This fashion is extremely conve
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