The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2023

Needlepoint (Reticella) Lace Insertion

17th century

Italy, 17th century

Lace, needlepoint: linen

Overall: 3.8 x 26 cm (1 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)

Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.1076

Location

not on view

Provenance
Ida Schiff Collection.
Citations
Nuova inventione de diverse mostre cosi di punto in aere come di reticelli hoggi di usate per tutte li parte del mondo: con merletti mostretti da colari eda Mareghiti et merli per cantoni di fazoletti. Venetia: G. Franco, 1596. p. 40
Exhibition history

Renaissance lace rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 2017-April 16, 2019).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.1076