Fragment of a Border with Floral Motif

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment of a Border with Floral Motif

Date
1700s
Medium
Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions)
Culture
Spain
Department
Textiles
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

The scalloped bottom edge of this lace fragment indicates that it was originally meant as the border for a larger work of lace or other textile. Myrta Leonora Jones, the donor of this work, was a women’s rights activist in Cleveland in the early 20th century.

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