Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment of a Border with Vines and Floral Motifs

Date: 1600s
Medium: Bleached and blue dyed linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction) and bobbin lace edging
Culture: Italy, 1600s
Department: Textiles
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 100743

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The light blue ground of this fragment of lace, together with the varying thicknesses of threads used for the ground and the embroidered pattern, create a sense of depth in the textile. The white thread is bleached linen and the blue is linen that has been bleached and dyed. The word lace derives from the Latin l aqueus , meaning noose .

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Credit line: Gift of J. H. Wade
Provenance: Ida Schiff Collection | J.H. Wade | 1920-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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