Cloth with One Figure of a Woman Carrying a Cross Surrounded by Floral and Vegetal Patterns
1700–1799
- Medium
- Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions), alternating reticella squares (open cutwork) and bobbin lace edging
- Dimensions
- Overall: 196.7 x 130.6 cm (77 7/16 x 51 7/16 in.)
- Genre
- Lace
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Italy, 1700s
About
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.