Fragment of a Band with Male Figure Leading Mounted Female Figure with Falcon (1500s–1600s): Art, History and Details

Fragment of a Band with Male Figure Leading Mounted Female Figure with Falcon (1500s–1600s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

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

This fragment may depict a hunting scene. A male figure leads a female figure on horseback. The male figure, possibly of non-western heritage, seems to carry a weapon in his right hand and the bird he has hunted in his left.

Object facts

• Title: Fragment of a Band with Male Figure Leading Mounted Female Figure with Falcon
• Date: 1500s–1600s
• Culture: Italy
• Type: Lace
• Technique: Bleached linen (est.): needle lace; filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions)
• Dimensions: Overall: 28.5 x 43.6 cm (11 1/4 x 17 3/16 in.)
• Collection: T - Lace
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1920.1158

A detail from the museum

The forward tilt of the male figure and the horse’s raised hooves create a sense of dynamic movement.

Collection credit

Gift of J. H. Wade

Further reading listed by the museum

• Milliken, William Mathewson. “Lace and Its Development: I. The Beginnings.” Antiques 1 (May 1922): 211-216.

View the collection record

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