Fragment with Animal and Vegetal Motifs
Unknown Artist
16th century
Medium
Needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in two directions); unbleached and bleached linen (est.)
Dimensions
29.2 × 32.2 cm
Classification
Lace
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of J. H. Wade
Accession Number
1920.1256
About this artwork
The dark yellow of the unbleached linen ground allows for the pattern, worked in bleached linen in the burato technique, to prominently stand out. A thicker white thread outlines the design of stags in the top register, the vegetal motifs throughout, and the griffin or crowned eagle on the right.