The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of February 23, 2026

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1500s

Italy, Genoa

Linen: needle lace (cutwork) and bobbin lace edging
Average: 81.6 x 245.7 cm (32 1/8 x 96 3/4 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.1171
Location: Not on view
  • Ida Schiff Collection.
  • Ricci, Elisa. Old Italian Lace. London, Philadelphia: William Heinemann; J.B. Lippincott Company, 1913. vol. 2 no. 145
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