The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of February 8, 2025

Cloth with Border of Peacocks and Vegetation
17th-18th century
Overall: 80.3 x 334.3 cm (31 5/8 x 131 5/8 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1916.1884
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Based on the ancient belief that the peacock’s flesh never decayed, they became a symbol of immortality and the Resurrection of Christ.Description
This large cloth shows a repeated pattern of confronted peacocks flanked by decorative motifs. More birds appear in the register above, and a pattern of four-legged animals is in the register below.- Ricci, Elisa. Old Italian Lace. 1913. v. 1 no. 98Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The Annette Finnigan Collection of Laces. [Houston]: [Biggers printing Company], 1940. p. 7 no. 1
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