id: 114018 accession number: 1933.303 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.303 updated: 2022-01-04 15:12:48.413000 Cloth with Winged and Two-Tailed Animals, 17th-18th century. Italy, 17th-18th century. Plain weave linen with needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions) and bobbin lace edging; bleached linen (est.); overall: 88.3 x 137.5 cm (34 3/4 x 54 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Louise Tifft Brown 1933.303 title: Cloth with Winged and Two-Tailed Animals title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 17th-18th century creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1799 current location: creditline: Bequest of Louise Tifft Brown copyright: --- culture: Italy, 17th-18th century technique: Plain weave linen with needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions) and bobbin lace edging; bleached linen (est.) department: Textiles collection: Textiles type: Lace find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 88.3 x 137.5 cm (34 3/4 x 54 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: This cloth was given to the museum by Louise Tifft Brown, a native Clevelander who became an expert in lace while living in Venice for 35 years. digital description: Strange two-tailed animals accompanied by birds appear on the filet/lacis lace. The compact pattern repeats horizontally, with inserted bands of two-tailed animals confronting birds. The bird motif is also depicted alongside a flower motif on the outer filet/lacis border. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Underhill, Gertrude. "Louise Tifft Brown Bequest of Lace." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 20, no. 10 (1933): 157-59. page number: url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25137585 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.303/1933.303_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.303/1933.303_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.303/1933.303_full.tif