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Source Description
This long border may have functioned as a valance, a decorative drapery made for attachment at the frame of the bed. Crowned double-headed eagles confront peacocks, while smaller birds fly above them.
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103791
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Border with Crowned and Double-Headed Birds
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103791
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Border with Crowned and Double-Headed Birds
description
This long border may have functioned as a valance, a decorative drapery made for attachment at the frame of the bed. Crowned double-headed eagles confront peacocks, while smaller birds fly above them.
date
1700s–1800s
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en
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Q79509019
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Lace
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Overall: 35.6 x 154.3 cm (14 x 60 3/4 in.)
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Russia
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1921.85
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Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction) and bobbin lace (tape lace) edging; bleached linen (est.)
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Border with Crowned and Double-Headed Birds, 1700s–1800s. Russia. Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction) and bobbin lace (tape lace) edging; bleached linen (est.); overall: 35.6 x 154.3 cm (14 x 60 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Page, 1921.85
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T - Lace
didYouKnow
Handmade lace for marriage dowries was produced in large quantities in Russia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Page
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2026-05-29 05:36:04.162000
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103791
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Textiles
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T - Lace
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Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction) and bobbin lace (tape lace) edging; bleached linen (est.)
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