Needlepoint (Point Alençon) Lace Handkerchief
mid 18th century
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Needlepoint (Point Alençon) Lace Handkerchief, mid 18th century. France, Alençon, mid 18th century. Linen center with border of needlepoint lace; average: 43.2 x 43.2 cm (17 x 17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. John Jackson 1927.289
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Lace
- Formatted Medium
- linen center with border of needlepoint lace
- Medium
- linen, center, border, needlepoint, lace
- Dimensions
- Average: 43.2 x 43.2 cm (17 x 17 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1927.289
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. John Jackson
- Exhibitions
- Exhibition of the Month: The Floral Motif in Art, Lace: Italy, Flanders, France, Directions in Drawing: 1750-1988
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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