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Cover with Border of Abstract Floral Motifs
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Notable for its bright and valued colors, this cover has a needle lace border of natural and organic motifs attached to a silk cloth. The lace is divided into two registers, possibly representing stylized plants and flowers growing above ground with their roots growing in pots beneath them.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCover with Border of Abstract Floral Motifs, 1700s. Italy ?, 1700s. Rose silk (est.) center: plain weave Silk (est.) embroidery on unidentified ground fiber border: needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); overall: 133.4 x 114 cm (52 1/2 x 44 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Page, 1921.84
