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Source Description
This lace, made in Sicily, shows a close relationship to a pattern in a model book published in Lyon, France, a commercial center of printing and luxury textile trade with strong ties to Italy. The designs were based on a grid, making it easier for the lace maker to translate the printed image into needlework.
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Document identity
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100735
label
Fragment of a Band with Birds and Trees
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object
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1
Source metadata
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100735
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object
title
Fragment of a Band with Birds and Trees
description
This lace, made in Sicily, shows a close relationship to a pattern in a model book published in Lyon, France, a commercial center of printing and luxury textile trade with strong ties to Italy. The designs were based on a grid, making it easier for the lace maker to translate the printed image into needlework.
date
1500s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60755605
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Lace
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 5.4 x 23.5 cm (2 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
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Italy, Sicily, 1500s
accession
1920.1121
Source extras
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Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction)
tombstone
Fragment of a Band with Birds and Trees, 1500s. Italy, Sicily, 1500s. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); overall: 5.4 x 23.5 cm (2 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1121
collection
T - Lace
didYouKnow
Plant motifs, such as the blooming bushes found here, flanked by birds, were popular for their associations with well-being or blessing.
citations
citation
La Fleur des patrons de lingerie a deux endroitz, a point croise, a point couche, et a point picque et fil dor, fil dargent et fil de soye, ou aultre en quelque ouuraige que ce soit en comprenant l'art de broderie et tissuterie. Lyon: En a maison de Pierre de Saincte Lucie, qz fut du feu prince, 1549.
page_number
p. 16
creditline
Gift of J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:26:45.042000
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100735
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Textiles
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T - Lace
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Bleached linen (est.): 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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