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Cloth with Winged and Two-Tailed Animals
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About this work
Strange two-tailed animals accompanied by birds appear on the filet/lacis lace. The compact pattern repeats horizontally, with inserted bands of two-tailed animals confronting birds. The bird motif is also depicted alongside a flower motif on the outer filet/lacis border.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCloth with Winged and Two-Tailed Animals, 1600s-1700s. Italy, 1600s-1700s. Bleached plain weave linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions) and bobbin lace edging; overall: 88.3 x 137.5 cm (34 3/4 x 54 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Louise Tifft Brown, 1933.303
