# Cloth with Border of Vegetal Motifs and Insertion with Bird Motifs

- Date: 1700s
- Medium: Plain weave wool with needle lace, burato insertion (twined ground and darned in two directions), filet/lacis border and edging (knotted ground and darned in one direction), drawn work, and embroidery; bleached linen (est.), wool (est.),…
- Classification: Lace
- Dimensions: Overall: 72.6 x 233.6 cm (28 9/16 x 91 15/16 in.)
- Culture: Cyprus ?, 1700s
- Credit line: Bequest of Louise Tifft Brown
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.311)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.311/1933.311_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)

Textiles often incorporate multiple needlework techniques within a single piece. One of the techniques in this example of lace is called cutwork. In cutwork, portions of the textile ground, such as a linen or cotton cloth, are cut away and threads are removed to create holes. The edges of the hole are then reinforced with embroidery and a pattern of needle lace can be created within the perimeter. Rather than adding to the cloth to create a design, the craftsperson removes threads to fabricate a pattern.