Fragment with Animal and Vegetal Motifs, 16th century. Italy, 16th century. Needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in two directions); unbleached and bleached linen (est.); overall: x cm (11 1/2 x 12 11/16 in.). The dark yellow of the unbleached linen ground allows for the pattern, worked in bleached linen in the burato technique, to prominently stand out. A thicker white thread outlines the design of stags in the top register, the vegetal motifs throughout, and the griffin or crowned eagle on the right.

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