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Collection Online as of May 13, 2024

Fragment with Repeated Square Pattern

Fragment with Repeated Square Pattern

1500s-1600s
needle lace; filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); bleached, dyed, and unbleached linen (est.)
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=13 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

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