Lace Fichu (1800s): Art, History and Details
Lace Fichu at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1800s, Plain weave piña cloth: needle lace and embroidery. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Lace Fichu (1800s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This square textile is made of fine piña fiber in plain weave. Two edges are finished with wide hand-embroidered cotton borders composed of oval medallions enclosing floral motifs, linked by scroll and leaf elements, and completed with a scalloped outer edge. The placement of embroidery on only one half suggests folding, consistent with this textile’s possible use as a fichu.
Object facts
- Title: Lace Fichu
- Date: 1800s
- Culture: Philippines
- Type: Embroidery
- Technique: Plain weave piña cloth: needle lace and embroidery
- Dimensions: Overall: 80 x 77.8 cm (31 1/2 x 30 5/8 in.)
- Collection: T - Lace
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1928.10
A detail from the museum
A fichu is a large, square kerchief worn by women to fill in the low neckline of a bodice.
Collection credit
Gift of Mrs. O. E. Kelsey
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