Chalice cover (half)
Cooper Hewitt

Chalice cover (half)

early 17th century

Medium: linen Technique: needle lace
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Formerly a square chalice cover, now cut in half on the diagonal, in linen punto in aria needle lace. Showing the device of the Borghese Family, the Agnus Dei and the eagle with wide-spread wings. The letters: ECCE AGNUS DEI ECCE O ... appear in half-circle.

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