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Lace Handkerchief
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Lace Handkerchief

1800s · Plain weave linen center: bobbin lace (Valenciennes lace) edging and embroidery

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

There is a crest embroidered in one corner of this lace handkerchief, along with the motto "Fide ac virtute" (by faith and virtue).

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineLace Handkerchief, 1800s. Switzerland. Plain weave linen center: bobbin lace (Valenciennes lace) edging and embroidery; average: 43.8 x 43.8 cm (17 1/4 x 17 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance, 1930.659

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