Cloth with Unicorns, Dragons, Other Animals, and Floral Patterns
Cleveland Museum of Art

Cloth with Unicorns, Dragons, Other Animals, and Floral Patterns

1800s

Bleached linen: needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions) and alternating cutwork, embroidered squares, and bobbin lace edging
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The two-legged dragon with a barbed tail at the corners of the lace cloth is called a wyvern.

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