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Medici, a.|ˈmɛdɪtʃɪ|
[It. surname: cf. Medicean a.]
= Medicean a., esp. Medici collar (see quot. 1968); Medici lace (see quot. 1969), Medici porcelain (or Medici china), a type of porcelain produced under the patronage of Francesco de' Medici; Medici print, Medici reproduction, etc., one produced by the Medici Society, Ltd., London. Also ellipt.
1799N. W. Wraxall Mem. Courts II. xxi. 114 A broad Medicis of Dresden lace surrounded her bosom and shoulders. 1868J. Marryat Hist. Pott. & Porc. (ed. 3) xiv. 456 (caption) Brocca of Medici Porcelain, 15 inches high. 1873Young Englishwoman May 234/1 The Medici's collarette..is.. becoming only to those ladies who have a slender swan-like neck. 1890Amer. Mail Order Fashions (1961) 13 [Drawers] Cambric, ruffle of Medici lace, 75 c. 1900F. Litchfield Pott. & Porc. ii. 18 It was of soft paste, is extremely rare, and is known as ‘Medici china’. 1902Jourdain & Dryden Palliser's Hist. Lace (rev. ed.) iv. 56 The Medici collars were supported by fine metal bars called ‘verghetti’. 1906Burlington Mag. Oct. 47/1 If their quality can be maintained the Medici prints now being issued by Messrs. Chatto and Windus, of which the first three plates now lie before us, will undoubtedly represent a great advance upon anything which has yet been done in colour reproduction. 1908Beerbohm in Around Theatres (1924) II. 405 Nor was I embarrassed by the hoop and Medici collar that Dalila wore. 1936Catal. Medici Prints 3 This Series has now attained a world-wide reputation under the title of ‘Medici Prints’. 1940Burlington Mag. May p. x/2, Medici porcelain. Ibid., A ‘Medici’ plate, marked with the letter F and the dome of the Cathedral of Florence. 1949F. Towers Tea with Mr. Rochester 24 The study with its Axminster carpet and Medici prints and rows of encyclopædias. 1957J. Braine Room at Top vi. 60, I was..looking at the Medici reproduction of Olympe. 1960R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Cont. Pott. & Porc. 306/1 With one exception, all the known pieces of Medici porcelain are painted in blue, or blue and manganese purple. 1963A. Gernsheim Fashion & Reality ii. 79 Many capes had a small Medici collar. Such upstanding collars were worn on evening dresses, 1888–92..and fur Medici collars on coats and jackets during the winter of 1889–90. 1964M. Clive Day of Reckoning iv. 42 There was a gap between those large, pale, repellant Victorian Arundel prints and the neat Medici reproductions which took their place. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 51 Medici collar, a stiffened collar usually of lace, fan-shaped; high at the back of the neck and tapering away at the sides. 1969R. T. Wilcox Dict. Costume (1970) 206/1 Medici lace, French bobbin-lace similar to Cluny lace, but of finer thread. Woven closely and open in intricate pattern with one edge scalloped. |