White Needle Lace Table Runner

Title

White Needle Lace Table Runner

Description

1950? Antique white needle lace table runner, possibly a Point de Venise style. “Fox and Goat” and perhaps FG? 56” x 16”. Unknown source.

Am I right in identifying “The Fox and the Goat” at the center? In the fable, there is not, I believe, a moment where they would be facing each other this way. Generally, the fox is already in the well when the goat comes by, and, when the fox escapes with the goat’s help, he leaves the goat behind in the well. Are those two mirror-image foxes on the edges looking at and longing for grapes?

Date

1950?

Subject

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