The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Fragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern

Fragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern

1500s-1600s
needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); unbleached and bleached linen (est.)
Overall: 6.4 x 26.4 cm (2 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.1127
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This piece has a counterpart at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (20.186.29).

Description

The darker ground of unbleached linen allows the meandering pattern completed in the filet/lacis technique using bleached linen to prominently stand out.
  • 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 of a Band with Abstract Pattern|url=false|author=|year=1500s-1600s|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.1127