Thu Jul 15, 2021 08:21 AM

July 15, 2021

I can’t find a pattern match for this scrumptious bobbin lace in Cleveland’s collection, but I want to share it anyway. It was part of the acquisition from the Ida Schiff collection (if you’ll remember 2/5 went to the Met, 2/5 to Cleveland, and the final 1/5 went to Minneapolis.) It has more in common with the patterns in Parasole and Mignerak, but you can still see the development from the laces in Froschauer.

Bobbin lace Insertion, Cleveland Museum of Art https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.1145 There are really great large views in tiff format available on Cleveland’s website that I recommend going and having a look at if you really want to analyze the lace.

Patterns from “Fiore D’Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone” by Isabella Catanea Parasole https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/355096