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Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Fragment with Animal and Vegetal Motifs

1500s

Italy, 1500s

Unbleached and bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in two directions)
Overall: 29.2 x 32.2 cm (11 1/2 x 12 11/16 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.1256
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The word lace derives from the Latin laqueus, meaning noose.

Description

The dark yellow of the unbleached linen ground allows for the pattern, worked in bleached linen in the burato technique, to prominently stand out. A thicker white thread outlines the design of stags in the top register, the vegetal motifs throughout, and the griffin or crowned eagle on the right.
  • Ida Schiff Collection
    J.H. Wade
    1920-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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