The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 15, 2026

A horizontally long off-white bobbin lace strip features a repeating sequence of stylized human figures and blooming plants against a fine diamond mesh background. From our left, three men depicted mid-stride with raised arms alternate with three women standing in wide skirts with hands on hips. Elaborate, flowering trees separate each figure across the strip. A delicate, scalloped border runs along the bottom edge, framing the solid motifs within the lace grid.

Lace Edging

1600s–1700s

Italy, Abruzzi, Pescocostanzo

Bobbin lace
Average: 8 x 56.8 cm (3 1/8 x 22 3/8 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.1209
Location: Not on view
  • Ida Schiff Collection.
  • Ricci, Elisa. Old Italian Lace. London, Philadelphia: William Heinemann ; J.B. Lippincott Company, 1913. Vol. 2, No. 257
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.1209