The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Fragment of a Band with Dragon, Castle, and Vegetation

Fragment of a Band with Dragon, Castle, and Vegetation

1500s
needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); bleached linen (est.)
Overall: 35.7 x 32.5 cm (14 1/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.1143
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This piece has a counterpart at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (20.186.359).

Description

The detailed and elegant craftsmanship of this piece of lace clearly delineates the dragon, with its extended tongue, pointy scales along its neck and tail, and clawed feet. To its right is an architectural element, most likely a castle.
  • Ida Schiff Collection
    J.H. Wade
    1920-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Renaissance lace rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1, 2012-December 9, 2013).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.1143