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Source Description
This valance, a decorative drapery made for attachment at the frame of the bed, was a typical object from the dowry of a bride in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Russia. The valance would have been made for the wedding night of a newlywed couple. The elaborate battle scene rendered in this lace is unusual and exceptional.
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Document identity
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103651
label
Lace Border with Battle Scene
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103651
contentType
object
title
Lace Border with Battle Scene
description
This valance, a decorative drapery made for attachment at the frame of the bed, was a typical object from the dowry of a bride in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Russia. The valance would have been made for the wedding night of a newlywed couple. The elaborate battle scene rendered in this lace is unusual and exceptional.
date
1700s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79508453
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Lace
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 61.1 x 192.5 cm (24 1/16 x 75 13/16 in.)
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Russia
accession
1921.596
Source extras
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Linen; needle lace (cutwork and drawnwork), straight (continuous) bobbin lace, (tape lace) edging
tombstone
Lace Border with Battle Scene, 1700s. Russia. Linen; needle lace (cutwork and drawnwork), straight (continuous) bobbin lace, (tape lace) edging; overall: 61.1 x 192.5 cm (24 1/16 x 75 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1921.596
collection
T - Lace
formerAccessionNumbers
1337.1921
didYouKnow
Handmade lace for marriage dowries was produced in large quantities in Russia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
citations
citation
Efimova, L. V., R. M. Belogorskai︠a︡, and Santina M. Levey. Russian embroidery and lace. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1987.
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Gift of J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:35:37.492000
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103651
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Textiles
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T - Lace
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Linen; needle lace (cutwork and drawnwork), straight (continuous) bobbin lace, (tape lace) edging
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