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Source Description
The only figure represented on this large lace cloth is located in the center. The figure is a woman, shown in profile, carrying a cross, standing on top of a creature or within a vessel shaped like a creature.
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Document identity
localId
116181
label
Cloth with One Figure of a Woman Carrying a Cross Surrounded by Floral and Vegetal Patterns
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
116181
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object
title
Cloth with One Figure of a Woman Carrying a Cross Surrounded by Floral and Vegetal Patterns
description
The only figure represented on this large lace cloth is located in the center. The figure is a woman, shown in profile, carrying a cross, standing on top of a creature or within a vessel shaped like a creature.
date
1700s
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80010690
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Lace
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 196.7 x 130.6 cm (77 7/16 x 51 7/16 in.)
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Italy
accession
1936.94
Source extras
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Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions), alternating reticella squares (open cutwork) and bobbin lace edging
tombstone
Cloth with One Figure of a Woman Carrying a Cross Surrounded by Floral and Vegetal Patterns, 1700s. Italy. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions), alternating reticella squares (open cutwork) and bobbin lace edging; overall: 196.7 x 130.6 cm (77 7/16 x 51 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection, 1936.94
collection
T - Lace
didYouKnow
The large size and square shape suggest that this textile would likely have been used as a table cloth.
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
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The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection
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2026-05-29 06:04:26.160000
sourceId
116181
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Textiles
coll
T - Lace
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Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions), alternating reticella squares (open cutwork) and bobbin lace edging
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1
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0
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photo
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