The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Fragment of Lace Flounce

1500–1540

Italy, 1500-1540

Linen: needle lace, cutwork (Taglia tela) and bobbin lace and embroidery
Average: 19.1 x 25.1 cm (7 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.1136
Location: Not on view
  • (said to have come from an alb of a pope, c. 1500.) Ida Schiff Collection.
  • Milliken, W. Mathewson. 1922. “Lace and Its Development: I. The Beginnings.”Antiques, V. 1, 2. p,. 211-216, pl. 7 p. 215
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment of Lace Flounce|url=false|author=|year=1500–1540|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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