Band with Various Fantastic Creatures and Vegetal Patterns

Cleveland Museum of Art

Band with Various Fantastic Creatures and Vegetal Patterns

Date
1800s
Medium
Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions)
Culture
Italy, 1800s
Department
Textiles
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
114063

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The reversed and backward orientation of many of the squares in this band of lace suggests that this was not their original layout. They were most likely taken apart and later joined back together in a disoriented manner. The square showing a man in midair above a bull-like creature is reminiscent of the Minoan "Bull Leaping" fresco at the Knossos palace complex.

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Credit line
Bequest of Louise Tifft Brown

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