id:			100914
accession number:	1920.1271
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1271
updated:		2023-08-23 18:35:57.100000

Band with Parade of Human Figures, Stags, and Other Fantastic Animals, 16th-17th century. Italy, Sicily ?, 16th-17th century. Needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); bleached linen (est.); overall: 16.2 x 210.1 cm (6 3/8 x 82 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones 1920.1271

title:				Band with Parade of Human Figures, Stags, and Other Fantastic Animals
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creation date:			16th-17th century
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1699
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creditline:			Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones
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culture:	Italy, Sicily ?, 16th-17th century
technique:	Needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); bleached linen (est.)
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Lace
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measurements: Overall: 16.2 x 210.1 cm (6 3/8 x 82 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones (Mrs. Henry White Cannon)
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fun fact:
Myrta Leonora Jones, the donor of this lace, was a women’s rights activist in Cleveland in the early 1900s.

digital description:
Animals viewed in profile, some with their legs raised, indicate movement, such as a parade or procession. However, the human figures are shown frontally. Linear elements protruding from their backs and hands held out and open suggest the figures may be angels modeling a gesture of prayer.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Ricci, Elisa. <em>Old Italian Lace</em>. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1913.
	page number: 	vol. 1 nos. 73-74
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	Simeon, Margaret. <em>The History of Lace</em>. London: Stainer and Bell, 1979.
	page number: 	plate 4
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IMAGES

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