Border with Stags, Fountains, and Trees, 1500s
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Border with Stags, Fountains, and Trees

1500s

Medium
Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction) and applied fringe
Classification
Lace
Dimensions
Overall: 13.5 x 177.3 cm (5 5/16 x 69 13/16 in.)
Culture
Italy, Sicily
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, Textiles
Credit line
Gift of J. H. Wade
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

Prancing stags, represented with their heads turned backward, flank an ornate fountain. The fountain motif could allude to rejuvenation and immortality.