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Source Description
Strange two-tailed animals accompanied by birds appear on the filet/lacis lace. The compact pattern repeats horizontally, with inserted bands of two-tailed animals confronting birds. The bird motif is also depicted alongside a flower motif on the outer filet/lacis border.
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Document identity
localId
114018
label
Cloth with Winged and Two-Tailed Animals
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object
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1
Source metadata
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114018
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object
title
Cloth with Winged and Two-Tailed Animals
description
Strange two-tailed animals accompanied by birds appear on the filet/lacis lace. The compact pattern repeats horizontally, with inserted bands of two-tailed animals confronting birds. The bird motif is also depicted alongside a flower motif on the outer filet/lacis border.
date
1600s-1700s
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80006563
genreSpecific
Lace
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 88.3 x 137.5 cm (34 3/4 x 54 1/8 in.)
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Italy, 1600s-1700s
accession
1933.303
Source extras
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Bleached plain weave linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions) and bobbin lace edging
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Cloth with Winged and Two-Tailed Animals, 1600s-1700s. Italy, 1600s-1700s. Bleached plain weave linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions) and bobbin lace edging; overall: 88.3 x 137.5 cm (34 3/4 x 54 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Louise Tifft Brown, 1933.303
collection
T - Lace
didYouKnow
This cloth was given to the museum by Louise Tifft Brown, a native Clevelander who became an expert in lace while living in Venice for 35 years.
citations
citation
Underhill, Gertrude. "Louise Tifft Brown Bequest of Lace." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 20, no. 10 (1933): 157-59.
creditline
Bequest of Louise Tifft Brown
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2026-05-29 05:59:28.008000
sourceId
114018
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Textiles
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T - Lace
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Bleached plain weave linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions) and bobbin lace edging
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1
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0
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