The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 22, 2025
Cloth with Winged and Two-Tailed Animals
1600s-1700s
Overall: 88.3 x 137.5 cm (34 3/4 x 54 1/8 in.)
Bequest of Louise Tifft Brown 1933.303
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
This cloth was given to the museum by Louise Tifft Brown, a native Clevelander who became an expert in lace while living in Venice for 35 years.Description
Strange two-tailed animals accompanied by birds appear on the filet/lacis lace. The compact pattern repeats horizontally, with inserted bands of two-tailed animals confronting birds. The bird motif is also depicted alongside a flower motif on the outer filet/lacis border.- Underhill, Gertrude. "Louise Tifft Brown Bequest of Lace." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 20, no. 10 (1933): 157-59. www.jstor.org
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1933.303