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Source Description
Scattered throughout this textile are depictions of both real and imaginary animals: unicorns and dragons exist alongside lions, stags, and an assortment of birds. There are also identifiable plants, flowers, and fruits as well as simply decorative or fictional ones. The maker, whose initials CM appear between the unicorns, perhaps chose to mix fantastical motifs with natural ones to create a more captivating spectacle. This large textile was perhaps meant for use as a table cover.
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Document identity
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116182
label
Cloth with Unicorns, Dragons, Other Animals, and Floral Patterns
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object
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1
Source metadata
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116182
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object
title
Cloth with Unicorns, Dragons, Other Animals, and Floral Patterns
description
Scattered throughout this textile are depictions of both real and imaginary animals: unicorns and dragons exist alongside lions, stags, and an assortment of birds. There are also identifiable plants, flowers, and fruits as well as simply decorative or fictional ones. The maker, whose initials CM appear between the unicorns, perhaps chose to mix fantastical motifs with natural ones to create a more captivating spectacle. This large textile was perhaps meant for use as a table cover.
date
1800s
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80010694
genreSpecific
Lace
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 113.5 x 138 cm (44 11/16 x 54 5/16 in.); Mounted: 121.9 x 146.1 cm (48 x 57 1/2 in.)
cul
Italy, 1800s
accession
1936.95
Source extras
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Bleached linen: needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions) and alternating cutwork, embroidered squares, and bobbin lace edging
tombstone
Cloth with Unicorns, Dragons, Other Animals, and Floral Patterns, 1800s. Italy, 1800s. Bleached linen: needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions) and alternating cutwork, embroidered squares, and bobbin lace edging; overall: 113.5 x 138 cm (44 11/16 x 54 5/16 in.); mounted: 121.9 x 146.1 cm (48 x 57 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection, 1936.95
collection
T - Lace
didYouKnow
The two-legged dragon with a barbed tail at the corners of the lace cloth is called a wyvern.
citations
citation
Underhill, Gertrude. "The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection of Lace." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>23, no. 4 (1936): 53-54.
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53-54
citation
"New in the Galleries.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>59, no. 3 (May/June 2019): Back cover.
page_number
Reproduced and Mentioned: Back cover.
citation
related work in the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago. Object accession number 1986.11, Cover, France, c. 1620/30. 105.3 x 137.3 cm (41-1/2 x 54 in.). linen.
creditline
The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection
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2026-05-29 06:04:24.369000
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116182
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Textiles
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T - Lace
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Bleached linen: needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions) and alternating cutwork, embroidered squares, and bobbin lace edging
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