The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 22, 2025

Lace Cap

1760–1799

France, Argentan, 1760-1799

Needle lace (Argentan)
Average: 21.7 x 27.1 cm (8 9/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene, G. G. Wade and J. H. Wade Jr. for the Ellen Garretson Wade Memorial Collection 1923.1001
Location: Not on view

Description

The pattern seen in this lace is Louis 16th style, with small sprigs of flowers scattered over a net ground.
  • Lace: Italy, Flanders, France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 3-July 9, 1987).
    An Approach to Museum Objects. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 3-June 30, 1958).
    The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
    Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 2, 1934).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1923.1001