The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 20, 2025
Fragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern
1600s–1700s
Overall: 8.2 x 21.6 cm (3 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.)
Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones 1919.783
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
The thick and graphic darning, or area of woven pattern, depicts triangular and circular geometric motifs. In addition to the knotting of the thread (filet/lacis technique), the lace maker used thicker thread to create the bold and heavy pattern.- 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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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1919.783