The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 22, 2025

Lace Fragment

1500s

Italy, 1500s

Needle lace (reticella) insertion and edging
Average: 19.7 x 333.4 cm (7 3/4 x 131 1/4 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene, G. G. Wade and J. H. Wade Jr. for the Ellen Garretson Wade Memorial Collection 1923.1047
Location: Not on view
  • Milliken, W. Mathewson. 1922. “Lace and Its Development: I. The Beginnings.”Antiques, V. 1, 2. May 1922 p. 211-216. fig. 2
    Milliken, W. Mathewson. 1922. “Lace and Its Development: II. Venetian Point and Genoa Bobbin Lace.” Antiques, V. 2. (July) p. 19-24, fig. 4 p. 20
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