Cutwork and Lacis Panel With Animal Figures
date: label: date made
content: 1580-1620
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This panel consists of 42 alternate squares of cutwork and lacis, edged with a border of needlepoint lace. The knotted filet net is embroidered with motifs like an elephant, a goddess, a horse, a hunter, and a dragon, among others. The woven cutwork squares are embellished with geometric needlepoint insertions and surface embroidery. It was probably made in Spain or Italy in the early 17th Century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
topic: label: general subject association
content: Lace
label: general subject association
content: Lace Making
label: used
content: Linen
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Miss Annie-May Hegeman by Mrs. H. K. Porter, 1915
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.L7652
label: catalog number
content: L7652
label: accession number
content: 58000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, panel
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filet, lacis (alternating square production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cutwork and needle lace (alternating squares production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 51 1/2 in x 44 in; 130.81 cm x 111.76 cm