Panel with Birds, Flowers, and Suns
1500–1699
- Medium
- Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 23.1 x 91.5 cm (9 1/8 x 36 in.)
- Genre
- Lace
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
About
The repeated sun and cross motifs, representing Christ and the Crucifixion, suggest this lace panel may have been used to ornament a Christian vestment, perhaps worn by a clergy member.