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ArticleThe Eleonora Project, Part 3: Knitting Guilds and the MediciWhat did it mean to be a member of a knitting guild during the 1500s? Who was responsible for crafting Eleonora di Toledo’s burial stockings?
ArticleThe Eleonora Project, Part 7: The Death of Eleonora, as Told by her GownThe clothing in which Eleonora di Toledo was buried reveals much about her later years and her death.

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Knitting Traditions, Spring 2014 Digital Edition1 page
- Page 87at least 1560, and in Italy, as the well-known crimson silk burial stockings of Eleonora di Toledo (1522–1562), wife of Cosimo di Medici (1519–1574), suggest. Italy, Spain, and to
PieceWork July/August 20041 page
- Page 54they married, the couple settled in Rome and raised two daughters, Clau- dia and Eleonora. Eleonora Haley remembers that her mother made all of her children’s socks, dresses, sweaters,

ArticleThe Eleonora Project, Part 4: The Lifecycle of Women’s ClothingClothing in the Eleonora di Toledo’s time was expensive. As a result, garments were worn for many years, then they were handed down, cut down, or repurposed.

ArticleThe Eleonora Project-Part 1Read about one author's mission to re-create and adapt several pieces of Eleonora di Toledo's wardrobe using a combination of modern technology and historical practices.

ArticleThe Eleonora Project, Part 5: Fashion, Art, and the Propaganda MachineSheena Pennell explores the role portrait artists played in public relations during the years that the House of Medici reigned in Florence.

ArticleThe Eleonora Project, Part 6: Selecting Materials for Re-Creating Historical ProjectsHistorical garments are often re-created as part of research into a specific time period or for participation in a period drama or historical reenactment. The author offers tips for considering the selection of materials for such a task.

ArticleThe Eleonora Project, Part 2: Adventures in Forensic KnittingSometimes it takes determination and a whole lot of detective work before the first stitch is cast on.

Vintage Crochet, Digital Edition1 page▾

Page 36Become the belle of any ball when you wear Natalia Kononova’s stunning skirt. Among its features are small motifs on the waistband, a Romanian Cord tasseled drawstring, a…

PieceWork July/August 20112 pages▾

Page 12in gold were recorded as early as 1544 in inventories of the wardrobe of Eleonora di Toledo (1522–1562), first wife of Co- simo I de’ Medici (1519–1574), Duke of
Page 1412 P I E C E W O R K P I E C E W O R K M A G A Z I N E .…

PieceWork January/February 20182 pages▾

Page 11knitted stockings from the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The burial silk stockings of Eleonora of Toledo (1522–1562) and Duke Barnim X of Pomerania (1549–1603) and the wedding silk
Page 12Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (accession numbers 43.1939a-b and 43.1940a- b). The stockings of Eleonora of Toledo seem to be unique in many ways, but they are closest to

PieceWork Summer 20193 pages▾

Page 29Mendel Levin Nathanson’s Elder Daughters, Bella and Hanna by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783–1853). Oil on canvas. 1820. Denmark. 54¾ x 39 inches (139.0 x 99.5 cm). Collection of…
Page 60authorities administered his affairs, Andrea was fre- quently relegated to prisons and monasteries. Andrea and Luisa’s children were reared apart from their parents in convents; Luisa lived with…
Page 62the republican authorities with details about the royal- ists’ planned insurrection. Lauded as the savior of the republic and the mother of her country, Luisa became the subject…

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