# Border with Stags, Fountains, and Trees

- Date: 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
- Credit line: Gift of J. H. Wade
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1138)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.1138/1921.1138_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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