Chalice cover (half)
date: label: Date
content: early 17th century
notes: label: Description
content: Formerly a square chalice cover, now cut in half on the diagonal, in linen punto in aria needle lace. Showing the device of the Borghese Family, the Agnus Dei and the eagle with wide-spread wings. The letters: ECCE AGNUS DEI ECCE O ... appear in half-circle.
label: Description
content: Inscription: ECCE AGNUS DEI QUI TOLLIT PECCATUM MUNDI (Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world)
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1951-130-1
objectType: label: Type
content: lace
label: Type
content: Chalice cover (half)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 27.9 x 28 x 58.6 cm (11 x 11 x 23 1/16 in.)