
Collection Online as of January 22, 2021
Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); bleached linen (est.)
Overall: 20.1 x 80.5 cm (7 15/16 x 31 11/16 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.1159
not on view
Most surviving pieces of figural lace are horizontal, making the vertical orientation of this band unique. The monkey, lion, and perhaps lioness or other feline are not native to Italy and represent exoticism and the notion of increasing international exchange at the time.