Attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Bruges 1561-1635 London) Portrait of a girl, half-length, in an embroidered dress with yellow lace, holding a cat, within a painted oval

mem_somerville_kbin, 11 months ago

Yellow lace became fashionable for a brief time, but quickly became part of a scandal. It's reference here, but was apparently quite the 17th century soap opera:

https://www.sophieploeg.com/blog/to-sit-is-to-act/

Yellow lace was made fashionable by Anne Turner, the Lady in waiting of Lady Somerset but executed in 1615 for her role in a murder plot, after which yellow lace quickly disappeared from the fashion scene.