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This type of bobbin lace, named after a small town north of Milan called Cantu, has a tape-like pattern with scrolls and flowers with three petals. It is a noncontinuous bobbin lace assembled with many separate sections. In this tablecloth, four dragonflies decorate the center and various birds and animals are depicted around the outer edges. It was probably designed by the Venetian firm of Jesurum around 1900 and made in one of his many lace schools in northern Italy or China. Jesurum was instrumental in the revival of lace in northern Italy. He founded a lace school and headed lace houses in Venice and Paris. Many of his designs featured flowers, foliage, fruit, animals and fanciful figures.