The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 25, 2025

Lace Collar

1500s–1600s

Italy, Venice

Needle lace (Punto in aria)
Overall: 47 x 124 cm (18 1/2 x 48 13/16 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene, G. G. Wade and J. H. Wade Jr. for the Ellen Garretson Wade Memorial Collection 1923.999
Location: Not on view
  • Ricci, Elisa. Old Italian Lace. London, Philadelphia: William Heinemann ; J.B. Lippincott Company, 1913. Vol. 1, Nos. 269, 272, 274
    Milliken, W. Mathewson. 1922. “Lace and Its Development: II. Venetian Point and Genoa Bobbin Lace.” Antiques, V. 2. (July) p. 19-24, fig. 7, p. 21
  • Venice: Silk and Lace. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-August 11, 1985).
    The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
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