The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Fragment of a Band with Floral Motif
1700s or early 1800s
Overall: 20 x 23 cm (7 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones 1919.753
Location: Not on view
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Myrta Leonora Jones, the donor of this work, was a women’s rights activist in Cleveland in the early 20th century.Description
Though it is a small fragment, this piece of lace is simple and honest in its decorative quality. The focus is on the abstract floral motif, which stands out with its thick darning against the unadorned diamond ground netting.- Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones (Mrs. Henry White Cannon)
- "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 10 (1919): 162. Mentioned: p. 162 www.jstor.org
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1919.753