Needlepoint (Point de Gaze) Lace Handkerchief
late 1800s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Needlepoint (Point de Gaze) Lace Handkerchief, late 1800s. Belgium, Brussels, late 19th century. Linen center with narrow edging of needlepoint lace; average: 34.3 x 35.6 cm (13 1/2 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Elisabeth Ireland in memory of her mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey 1936.702
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Lace
- Formatted Medium
- linen center with narrow edging of needlepoint lace
- Dimensions
- Average: 34.3 x 35.6 cm (13 1/2 x 14 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: embroidered inscription in one corner: "K- S- H 1888 to F. A. H., F. A. H. - 1923 to K. B. H."
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1936.702
- Credit Line
- Gift of Elisabeth Ireland in memory of her mother, Mrs. P. W. Harvey
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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