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Source Description
Notable for its bright and valued colors, this cover has a needle lace border of natural and organic motifs attached to a silk cloth. The lace is divided into two registers, possibly representing stylized plants and flowers growing above ground with their roots growing in pots beneath them.
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Document identity
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103790
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Cover with Border of Abstract Floral Motifs
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object
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1
Source metadata
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103790
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object
title
Cover with Border of Abstract Floral Motifs
description
Notable for its bright and valued colors, this cover has a needle lace border of natural and organic motifs attached to a silk cloth. The lace is divided into two registers, possibly representing stylized plants and flowers growing above ground with their roots growing in pots beneath them.
date
1700s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79509013
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Lace
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Overall: 133.4 x 114 cm (52 1/2 x 44 7/8 in.)
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Italy ?, 1700s
accession
1921.84
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Rose silk (est.) center: plain weave
Silk (est.) embroidery on unidentified ground fiber border: needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction)
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Cover with Border of Abstract Floral Motifs, 1700s. Italy ?, 1700s. Rose silk (est.) center: plain weave
Silk (est.) embroidery on unidentified ground fiber border: needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); overall: 133.4 x 114 cm (52 1/2 x 44 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Page, 1921.84
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T - Lace
didYouKnow
The large size and square form suggest that this textile would likely have been used as a table cloth.
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Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Page
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2026-05-29 05:36:04.093000
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103790
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Textiles
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T - Lace
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Rose silk (est.) center: plain weave
Silk (est.) embroidery on unidentified ground fiber border: needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction)
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1
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0
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photo
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