Lace picture with scene and central medallion with 1 male and 1 female figure in classic style, surrounded by elaborate floral motifs. Cream colored cotton. 97x99cm. Florentine style copied from a piece in Vatican Museum on commission by Max Senior. Cotton lace made with Pointe de Venice
Donor:
James K. Senior and Rose D. Senior
Collection place:
Florence, Tuscany, Central Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Europe, Italy; Florence
Culture or time period:
Italian
Collection date:
ca. 1910
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lace (needlework)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1970
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)