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Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Lace Flounce

1600s

Italy, Venice, 1600s

Needle lace (Venetian Raised Point) with Rosaline ground
Average: 21 x 133.3 cm (8 1/4 x 52 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene, G. G. Wade and J. H. Wade Jr. for the Ellen Garretson Wade Memorial Collection 1923.980
Location: Not on view
  • Ricci, Elisa. Old Italian Lace. London, Philadelphia: William Heinemann ; J.B. Lippincott Company, 1913. Vol. 1, No. 320
    Milliken, W. Mathewson. 1922. “Lace and Its Development.” Antiques, V. 1, 2. p. 155
    Levey, Santina M. Lace: A History. [London]: Victoria & Albert Museum, 2004. pl. 241
  • Venetian Decorative Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1956-January 9, 1957).
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