The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 4, 2021

Needlepoint (Cutwork) and Bobbin Lace Cloth

16th century

Italy, Venice ?, 16th century

Lace, needlepoint and bobbin: linen

Average: 83.2 x 161.3 cm (32 3/4 x 63 1/2 in.)

Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.1169

Location

not on view

Provenance
Ida Schiff Collection.
Citations
William Mathewson Milliken. "Important Additions to the Lace Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 8, no. 2 (1921). p. 19-34 www.jstor.org
Milliken, W. Mathewson. 1922. “Lace and Its Development: I. The Beginnings.”Antiques, V. 1, 2. p. 211-216; pl. 5, p. 213
Exhibition history

Venice: Silk and Lace. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-August 11, 1985).

Lace: Italy, Flanders, France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-July 9, 1987).

Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1920.1169