Antique Early Figurative Filet Lace Curtain Mythological Beasts Birds Tree of Life Hand Embroidered: C18th Italy Antique alter cloth Measurements: Each curtain

Measurements: Each curtain

a workshop based in Kashmir

with elaborate jewelry

Some splits in the surrounding border

Antique Early Figurative Filet Lace Curtain Mythological Beasts Birds Tree of Life Hand Embroidered: C18th Italy Antique alter cloth Measurements: Each curtainAn early antique linen filet lace panel featuring intricate, hand knotted gridwork and iconic figural motifs. Handmade filet or buratto lace (lacis), created by embroidering decorative patterns onto a pre woven square mesh grid. Embroidered with symmetrical Renaissance and Baroque style iconography, including peacocks flanking a central urn, rampant heraldic lions, stylized "Tree of Life" branches, ornate, fanciful animals, including what appear to be