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Source Description
Double-headed birds alternating with flowering vases appear on this filet/lacis lace. The pattern repeats horizontally, with organic spirals which burst into the upper and lower registers.
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Document identity
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114064
label
Border with Double-Headed Birds and Vases with Vines and Flowers
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114064
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object
title
Border with Double-Headed Birds and Vases with Vines and Flowers
description
Double-headed birds alternating with flowering vases appear on this filet/lacis lace. The pattern repeats horizontally, with organic spirals which burst into the upper and lower registers.
date
1800s
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CC0
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en
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Q80006667
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Lace
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Overall: 23.8 x 244.2 cm (9 3/8 x 96 1/8 in.)
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Italy, Sardinia
accession
1933.344
Source extras
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Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction)
tombstone
Border with Double-Headed Birds and Vases with Vines and Flowers, 1800s. Italy, Sardinia. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction); overall: 23.8 x 244.2 cm (9 3/8 x 96 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Louise Tifft Brown, 1933.344
collection
T - Lace
didYouKnow
This lace 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.
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Bequest of Louise Tifft Brown
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2026-05-29 05:59:45.016000
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114064
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Textiles
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T - Lace
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Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction)
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1
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