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This ecclesiastical square features the crucifixion with Mary and St. John. Above them is the sun and moon, a reference to earlier iconography.

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Document identity
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104663
label
Lace Ecclesiastical Square
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object
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1
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104663
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object
title
Lace Ecclesiastical Square
description
This ecclesiastical square features the crucifixion with Mary and St. John. Above them is the sun and moon, a reference to earlier iconography.
date
1600s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79514564
genreSpecific
Lace
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Average: 15.9 x 15.9 cm (6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
cul
Italy, Venice
accession
1923.1026
Source extras
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Needle lace (Venetian flat point)
tombstone
Lace Ecclesiastical Square, 1600s. Italy, Venice. Needle lace (Venetian flat point); average: 15.9 x 15.9 cm (6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene, G. G. Wade and J. H. Wade Jr. for the Ellen Garretson Wade Memorial Collection, 1923.1026
collection
T - Ecclesiastical
formerAccessionNumbers
3123.1921
citations
citation
Ricci, Elisa. <em>Old Italian Lace</em>. London, Philadelphia: William Heinemann ; J.B. Lippincott Company, 1913.
page_number
Vol. 1 No. 311
citation
William Mathewson Milliken. "The Ellen Garretson Wade Memorial Lace Collection." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 11, no. 1 (1924).
page_number
p. 8-12
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25136714
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 375
creditline
Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene, G. G. Wade and J. H. Wade Jr. for the Ellen Garretson Wade Memorial Collection
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2026-06-12 15:34:51.564000
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104663
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Textiles
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T - Ecclesiastical
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Needle lace (Venetian flat point)
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0
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photo
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