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Chalice cover
Unknown17th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Center of cover is a woven square with an insertion of reticella. Around center piece are evenly spaced geometric motifs of reticella. Outer border has foliated forms and triangular pendants of reticella.
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Details
- Title: Chalice cover
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 17th century
- Type: Chalice cover
- Rights: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
- Medium: Medium: linen Technique: grid of withdrawn element with needle lace, reticella style
- Exhibitions: Cooper Union Museum: "The Greenleaf Collection, Textile Arts from the 16th to early 19th century," 22 Jan. – 9 May 1964, p. 12, no. 71.
- Dimensions: H x W: 21.5 x 21 cm (8 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
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