The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2023

Needlepoint (Punto in aria) Lace Insertion and Edging

late 16th century

Italy, Venice, late 16th century

Lace, needlepoint

Average: 10.5 x 48 cm (4 1/8 x 18 7/8 in.)

Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.1238

Location

not on view

Provenance
Ida Schiff Collection.
Citations
William Mathewson Milliken. "Important Additions to the Lace Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 8, no. 2 (1921). p. 19-34 www.jstor.org
Milliken, W. Mathewson. 1922. “Lace and Its Development: II. Venetian Point and Genoa Bobbin Lace.” Antiques, V. 2. (July) p. 19-24, fig. 3, p. 20
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.1238