Fragment of a Border with Repeated Pattern of Fantastic Winged Animals

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment of a Border with Repeated Pattern of Fantastic Winged Animals

Date
1500s–1600s
Medium
Bleached linen: needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in two directions) and fringe
Culture
Italy
Department
Textiles
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
100885

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A four-legged animal pattern repeats in the top register, and winged birds appear in the central and bottom register. The birds, which are significantly larger in the central panel, may be peacocks. The word lace derives from the Latin laqueus , meaning noose .

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Credit line
Gift of J. H. Wade
Provenance
Ida Schiff Collection | ?-1920: Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857-1926], Cleveland, OH | 1920-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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