Fragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern

Date
1500s–1600s
Medium
Unbleached and bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions)
Culture
Italy
Department
Textiles
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

The darker ground of unbleached linen allows the meandering pattern completed in the filet/lacis technique using bleached linen to prominently stand out. This piece has a counterpart at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (20.186.29).

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