Border with Double-Headed Birds and Vases with Vines and Flowers
1800–1899
- Medium
- Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 23.8 x 244.2 cm (9 3/8 x 96 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- Lace
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Italy, Sardinia
About
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.