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
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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