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Fragment of a Band with Vines Surrounding a Monkey, Lion, and an Unidentified Four-Legged Animal
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About this work
Most surviving pieces of figural lace are horizontal, making the vertical orientation of this band unique. The monkey, lion, and perhaps lioness or other feline are not native to Italy and represent exoticism and the notion of increasing international exchange at the time.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFragment of a Band with Vines Surrounding a Monkey, Lion, and an Unidentified Four-Legged Animal, 1500s. Italy. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); overall: 20.1 x 80.5 cm (7 15/16 x 31 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1159
