The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 23, 2023

Bobbin Lace (Needle Lace Design) Tablecloth

second half of 16th century

Italy, Genoa, second half of 16th century

Lace, bobbin

Average: 97.8 x 156.2 cm (38 1/2 x 61 1/2 in.)

Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.1170

Location

not on view

Provenance
Ida Schiff Collection.
Citations
Milliken, W. Mathewson. 1922. “Lace and Its Development: II. Venetian Point and Genoa Bobbin Lace.” Antiques, V. 2. (July) p. 19-24, fig. 10, p. 23
Exhibition history

Renaissance lace rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 21, 2016-December 18, 2017).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.1170