The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Fragment with Repeated Square Pattern

1500s–1600s

Italy, 1500s-1600s

Bleached, dyed, and unbleached linen (est.): needle lace; filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions)
Overall: 27 x 30.3 cm (10 5/8 x 11 15/16 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.1157
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The word lace derives from the Latin laqueus, meaning noose.

Description

The prominent colors on this fragment of lace also determine the diagonal and square patterns within the textile. The dark yellow is unbleached linen, the white is bleached linen, and the blue is linen that has been bleached and dyed.
  • Ida Schiff Collection
    J.H. Wade
    1920-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Renaissance lace rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1, 2012-December 9, 2013).
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment with Repeated Square Pattern|url=false|author=|year=1500s–1600s|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.1157