Cloth with Border of Peacocks and Vegetation
Cleveland Museum of Art

Cloth with Border of Peacocks and Vegetation

1600s–1700s

plain weave bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction)
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Based on the ancient belief that the peacock’s flesh never decayed, they became a symbol of immortality and the Resurrection of Christ.

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