Needlepoint Lace (Punto Argentan) Edging
Unknown Artist
c. 1900–1920
Medium
linen: lace, needlepoint
Dimensions
11.7 × 38.4 cm
Classification
Lace
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection
Accession Number
1936.253
About this artwork
This fragment of Venetian Punto Argentan needle lace edging was identified by Luigi Zanini of the Museo del Merletto, Venice, as having been made by the Scuola Merletti di Burano. Photos in an album assembled by the Scuola show that this lace fragment, designed in 1890, exactly matches model no. XXIX in the album. This lace pattern was produced between the end of the 1800s and the first quarter of the 1900s. Although inspired by French point d'Argentan net (champ de bride) and French point d’Ale...