Lace Insertion and Edging (1600s–1700s): Art, History and Details

Lace Insertion and Edging (1600s–1700s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

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

This piece of lace, featuring doves and dromedaries, was created without a model and "a tutte coppie," meaning the ground and design was worked at the same time, rather than separately and then later combined.

Object facts

• Title: Lace Insertion and Edging
• Date: 1600s–1700s
• Culture: Italy, Abruzzi, Pescocostanzo(?)
• Type: Lace
• Technique: Bobbin lace
• Dimensions: Average: 8 x 32.7 cm (3 1/8 x 12 7/8 in.)
• Collection: T - Lace
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1920.1040

Collection credit

Gift of J. H. Wade

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.