Panel with Panthers, Birds, and Floral Motifs
Unknown Artist
18th-19th century
Medium
Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); bleached linen (est.)
Dimensions
57.4 × 90.2 cm
Classification
Lace
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Rollin J. Stickle
Accession Number
1934.193
About this artwork
In this panel, a pair of panthers, a common motif in Russian textiles, flank a stylized Tree of Life. Two different types of birds fly above the scene. One bird is small, while the other is larger and similar to a peacock. The diamond patterning and geometric motifs throughout this lace are characteristic of Russian “peasant laces.”