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A zibellino, flea-fur or fur tippet is a women's fashion accessory
Fashion accessory

Fashion accessories are decorative items that supplement one's clothing, such as jewelry, gloves, handbags, hats, Belt , scarves, watches, sunglasses, pins, stockings, bow tie, leg warmer, leggings, necktie, suspenders, and tights....
 popular in the later 15th and 16th centuries. A zibellino, from the Italian word for "sable
Sable

The sable is a small carnivorous mammal, closely related to the martens. It inhabits taiga environments primarily in Russia from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, in northern Mongolia and China and on Hokkaido in Japan....
", is the pelt
Pelt

Pelt may refer to:*Fur or pelage, the hair, fur or wool that covers an animal's skin, that has been stripped off the animal.*Pelt , a rock/drone band created by Jack Rose ...
 of a sable or marten
Marten

The Martens constitute the genus Martes within the subfamily Mustelinae, in family Mustelidae. They are slender, agile, animals, adapted to living in taigas, and are found in coniferous and northern deciduous forests across the northern hemisphere....
 worn draped at the neck or hanging at the waist, or carried in the hand. The plural is zibellini. Some zibellini were fitted with faces and paws of goldsmith
Goldsmith

A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Since ancient times the techniques of a Goldsmith have evolved very little in order to produce items of jewelry of quality standards....
's work with jeweled
Gemstone

A gemstone or gem, also called a precious or semi-precious stone, is a piece of attractive mineral, which — when cut and polished — is used to make jewellery or other adornments....
 eyes and pearl
Pearl

A pearl is a hard, roundish object produced within the soft tissue of a living animal shelled mollusk. Just like the shell of mollusks, a pearl is made up of of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers....
 earring
Earring

Earrings are jewellery attached to the ear through a body piercing in the earlobe or some other external part of the ear . Earrings are worn by both sexes....
s, while unadorned furs were also fashionable.

History
The earliest surviving mention of a marten pelt to be worn as neck ornament occurs in an inventory of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
Duke of Burgundy

Duke of Burgundy was a title borne by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, a small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Sa?ne which in 843 was allotted to Charles the Bald's West Franks....
, dated 1467, but the fashion was widespread in Northern Italy by the 1490s.

The style spread slowly to the north and west.






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A zibellino, flea-fur or fur tippet is a women's fashion accessory
Fashion accessory

Fashion accessories are decorative items that supplement one's clothing, such as jewelry, gloves, handbags, hats, Belt , scarves, watches, sunglasses, pins, stockings, bow tie, leg warmer, leggings, necktie, suspenders, and tights....
 popular in the later 15th and 16th centuries. A zibellino, from the Italian word for "sable
Sable

The sable is a small carnivorous mammal, closely related to the martens. It inhabits taiga environments primarily in Russia from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, in northern Mongolia and China and on Hokkaido in Japan....
", is the pelt
Pelt

Pelt may refer to:*Fur or pelage, the hair, fur or wool that covers an animal's skin, that has been stripped off the animal.*Pelt , a rock/drone band created by Jack Rose ...
 of a sable or marten
Marten

The Martens constitute the genus Martes within the subfamily Mustelinae, in family Mustelidae. They are slender, agile, animals, adapted to living in taigas, and are found in coniferous and northern deciduous forests across the northern hemisphere....
 worn draped at the neck or hanging at the waist, or carried in the hand. The plural is zibellini. Some zibellini were fitted with faces and paws of goldsmith
Goldsmith

A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Since ancient times the techniques of a Goldsmith have evolved very little in order to produce items of jewelry of quality standards....
's work with jeweled
Gemstone

A gemstone or gem, also called a precious or semi-precious stone, is a piece of attractive mineral, which — when cut and polished — is used to make jewellery or other adornments....
 eyes and pearl
Pearl

A pearl is a hard, roundish object produced within the soft tissue of a living animal shelled mollusk. Just like the shell of mollusks, a pearl is made up of of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers....
 earring
Earring

Earrings are jewellery attached to the ear through a body piercing in the earlobe or some other external part of the ear . Earrings are worn by both sexes....
s, while unadorned furs were also fashionable.

History


The earliest surviving mention of a marten pelt to be worn as neck ornament occurs in an inventory of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
Duke of Burgundy

Duke of Burgundy was a title borne by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, a small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Sa?ne which in 843 was allotted to Charles the Bald's West Franks....
, dated 1467, but the fashion was widespread in Northern Italy by the 1490s.

The style spread slowly to the north and west. Mary Queen of Scots brought fur pieces on her return to Scotland
Scotland

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 from France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 in 1561; one of her zibellini had a head of jet. Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I was List of English monarchs and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the House of Tudor....
 received a "Sable Skynne the hed and fourre featte of gold fully furnyshed with Dyamondes and Rubyes" as a New Year's Gift from the Earl of Leicester
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester was the long-standing favourite of Elizabeth I of England. He was appointed Master of the Horse on her accession in November 1558, and a Privy Councillor in October 1562....
 in 1585.

The traditional costume historian's term for this accessory, flea-fur, is from the German Flohpelz, coined by Wendelin Boeheim in 1894, who was the first to suggest that the furs were intended to attract fleas away from the body of the wearer. There is no historical evidence to support this unlikely claim. Italians simply called these accessories "zibellini", their word for sables, and speakers of other languages called them "martens", "sables" or "ermines" in their native tongues..

The fashion for carrying zibellini died out in the first years of the 17th century, although fox
Fox

A fox is an animal belonging to any one of about 27 species of small to medium-sized Canidae, characterized by possessing a long, narrow snout, and a bushy tail, or brush....
-pelts were worn in similar fashion in the 19th and 20th century.




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See also

  • Tippet
    Tippet

    A tippet is a Stole or scarf-like narrow piece of clothing, worn around the arms and above the elbow. They evolved in the 1300-1400 in fashion from long sleeves and typically had one end hanging down to the knees....


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