Border with Mounted and Standing Figures, Chariots, and Animals (1800s): Art, History and Details

Border with Mounted and Standing Figures, Chariots, and Animals (1800s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Animals viewed in profile, some with their legs raised, indicate movement, such as a parade or procession. The human figures are also shown in profile, with the exception of the central figure riding a chariot, who is shown frontally. There is one figure riding a donkey, with another on horseback, holding a sword. On the far right, a man and woman appear engaged in conversation. Meanwhile, various animals fill the space defying all rules of perspective, with the bird in the center appearing larger than some of the humans.

Object facts

• Title: Border with Mounted and Standing Figures, Chariots, and Animals
• Date: 1800s
• Culture: Spain ?, 1800s
• Type: Lace
• Technique: Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions)
• Dimensions: Overall: 76.2 x 219.1 cm (30 x 86 1/4 in.)
• Collection: T - Lace
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1939.453

A detail from the museum

The word lace derives from the Latin laqueus, meaning noose.

Collection credit

Gift of Florence A. Hamilton

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