The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 23, 2025

Lace Fragment

1500s

Italy, Venice, 1500s

Linen: needle lace (reticella) insertion
Overall: 5.7 x 17.1 cm (2 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.1071
Location: Not on view

Description

This fragment consists of two narrow bands, nearly identical, stitched together.
  • Ida Schiff Collection.
  • Nuova inventione de diverse mostre cosi di punto in aere come di reticelli hoggi di usate per tutte li parte del mondo: con merletti mostretti da colari eda Mareghiti et merli per cantoni di fazoletti. Venetia: G. Franco, 1596. p. 40
  • Renaissance lace rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 2017-April 16, 2019).
  • {{cite web|title=Lace Fragment|url=false|author=|year=1500s|access-date=23 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

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