Border with Crowned and Double-Headed Birds (1700s–1800s): Art, History and Details
Border with Crowned and Double-Headed Birds at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1700s–1800s, Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction) and bobbin lace (tape lace) edging; bleached linen (est.). Explore the work's con
Border with Crowned and Double-Headed Birds (1700s–1800s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This long border may have functioned as a valance, a decorative drapery made for attachment at the frame of the bed. Crowned double-headed eagles confront peacocks, while smaller birds fly above them.
Object facts
- Title: Border with Crowned and Double-Headed Birds
- Date: 1700s–1800s
- Culture: Russia
- Type: Lace
- Technique: Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction) and bobbin lace (tape lace) edging; bleached linen (est.)
- Dimensions: Overall: 35.6 x 154.3 cm (14 x 60 3/4 in.)
- Collection: T - Lace
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1921.85
A detail from the museum
Handmade lace for marriage dowries was produced in large quantities in Russia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Collection credit
Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Page
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