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Collection Online as of April 18, 2024

Cloth with One Figure of a Woman Carrying a Cross Surrounded by Floral and Vegetal Patterns

Cloth with One Figure of a Woman Carrying a Cross Surrounded by Floral and Vegetal Patterns

18th century
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The large size and square shape suggest that this textile would likely have been used as a table cloth.

Description

The only figure represented on this large lace cloth is located in the center. The figure is a woman, shown in profile, carrying a cross, standing on top of a creature or within a vessel shaped like a creature.
  • Underhill, Gertrude. "The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection of Lace." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 23, no. 4 (1936): 53-54. 53-54 www.jstor.org
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1936.94