Lace Edging (1700s): Art, History and Details
Lace Edging at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1700s, Linen: bobbin lace design on mesh ground. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Lace Edging (1700s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
The IHS symbol can be seen in this piece of lace. It is a monogram representing the first three letters of Jesus’s name in Greek: iota, eta, and sigma. It serves as a visual abbreviation of Jesus Christ and is often found on ecclesiastical textiles.
Object facts
- Title: Lace Edging
- Date: 1700s
- Culture: Italy, Milan
- Type: Lace
- Technique: Linen: bobbin lace design on mesh ground
- Dimensions: Average: 11.5 x 129.6 cm (4 1/2 x 51 in.)
- Collection: T - Ecclesiastical
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1933.304
Collection credit
Bequest of Louise Tifft Brown
Further reading listed by the museum
- Underhill, Gertrude. “Louise Tifft Brown Bequest of Lace.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 20, no. 10 (1933).
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