Panel with Panthers, Birds, and Floral Motifs
Cleveland Museum of Art

Panel with Panthers, Birds, and Floral Motifs

1700s–1800s

Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions)
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The Tree of Life, panther, and peacock are all ancient symbolic motifs introduced into lace patterns during the latter eighteenth century.

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