The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 24, 2023

Embroidered Border

1500s-1600s

Italy, 16th-17th century

Embroidery; silk on linen

Overall: 13.7 x 69.8 cm (5 3/8 x 27 1/2 in.)

Gift of The Textile Arts Club 1939.356

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

"I.H.S." and below this a name embroidered backwards, "R A. FINA IDSE."

Provenance
H. A. Elsberg Collection.
Citations
Wardwell, Anne E. Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984 : [Exhibition] 21 November-30 December 1984, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1984. p. 29
Exhibition history

Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 21-December 30, 1984).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1939.356