id:			116182
accession number:	1936.95
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.95
updated:		2025-02-09 00:19:12.619000

Cloth with Unicorns, Dragons, Other Animals, and Floral Patterns, 1800s. Italy, 19th century. Bleached linen: needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions) and alternating cutwork, embroidered squares, and bobbin lace edging; overall: 113.5 x 138 cm (44 11/16 x 54 5/16 in.); mounted: 121.9 x 146.1 cm (48 x 57 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection 1936.95

title:				Cloth with Unicorns, Dragons, Other Animals, and Floral Patterns
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection
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culture:	Italy, 19th century
technique:	Bleached linen: needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions) and alternating cutwork, embroidered squares, and bobbin lace edging
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Lace
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measurements: Overall: 113.5 x 138 cm (44 11/16 x 54 5/16 in.); Mounted: 121.9 x 146.1 cm (48 x 57 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Renaissance lace rotation
	opening date:   2019-04-15T04:00:00
	<i>Renaissance lace rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 15-November 18, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Underhill, Gertrude. "The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection of Lace." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>23, no. 4 (1936): 53-54.
	page number: 	53-54
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25137765.

	"New in the Galleries.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>59, no. 3 (May/June 2019): Back cover.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: Back cover.
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	related work in the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago. Object accession number 1986.11, Cover, France, c. 1620/30. 105.3 x 137.3 cm (41-1/2 x 54 in.). linen.
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	url:		https://www.artic.edu/artworks/105090/cover

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