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Band with Various Fantastic Creatures and Vegetal Patterns
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The reversed and backward orientation of many of the squares in this band of lace suggests that this was not their original layout. They were most likely taken apart and later joined back together in a disoriented manner.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBand with Various Fantastic Creatures and Vegetal Patterns, 1800s. Italy, 1800s. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); overall: 24.7 x 316.5 cm (9 3/4 x 124 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Louise Tifft Brown, 1933.343
