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A vlieger is a type of sleeveless over-gown or cape worn by women in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Variations with short sleeves or high shoulder rolls are known. Sometimes sleeves were attached with aiglets, and often slits were made to allow belts or the hands to pass through.
In the Netherlands the vlieger was often worn with a millstone collar (a wide starched
File:Anthonis Mor Margaret of Parma c 1559.jpg, Margaret of Parma with ropa, c 1559
File:Infanta Caterina of Spain.jpg, Infanta Caterina with ropa, c. 1552
File:Herman van der Mast - Portrait of a woman aged 24 in 1587.jpg, A woman aged 24 with vlieger, 1587
File:Anonymous French Artist - Portrait of an unknown French Noblewoman - Google Art Project.jpg, French Noblewoman with marlotte, 1560-9
A vlieger is a type of sleeveless over-gown or cape worn by women in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Variations with short sleeves or high shoulder rolls are known. Sometimes sleeves were attached with aiglets, and often slits were made to allow belts or the hands to pass through.
In the Netherlands the vlieger was often worn with a millstone collar (a wide starched ruff
Ruff may refer to:
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*Ruff (bird) (''Calidris pugnax'' or ''Philomachus pugnax''), a bird in the wader fami ...
). The vlieger was always worn with a skirt with a fardegalijn. In cold weather it could be buttoned shut, though the Spanish version, called a "ropa" could only be closed at the neck.
The Spanish version was called a "ropa" and the French version was called a "marlotte".20,000 Years of Fashion
''20,000 Years of Fashion: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment'' is a dictionary of western fashion from ancient times up to the 1960s, edited by Francois Boucher and his longtime assistant Yvonne Deslandres.
The book is widely cited a ...
: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment, by Francois Boucher (art historian)
François Leon Louis Boucher (1885–1966) was a French museum curator and writer.
Boucher was born in Paris and became curator at the Musée Carnavalet, Paris. He founded the Union française des arts du costume (UFAC) that later merged with th ...
& Yvonne Deslandres
Yvonne Deslandres (1923–1986) was a French writer, curator, archivist, and art historian. She specialized in costume and adornment.
She studied at École Nationale des Chartes. She worked for François Boucher as his assistant at the Carnavale ...
, 1987, pp. 224-225
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