Border with Stags, Fountains, and Trees
1500–1599
- Medium
- Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction) and applied fringe
- Dimensions
- Overall: 13.5 x 177.3 cm (5 5/16 x 69 13/16 in.)
- Genre
- Lace
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Italy, Sicily, 1500s
About
Prancing stags, represented with their heads turned backward, flank an ornate fountain. The fountain motif could allude to rejuvenation and immortality.