Band with Floral Vine Pattern (c. 1850–70): Art, History and Details
Band with Floral Vine Pattern at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1850–70, Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction). Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Band with Floral Vine Pattern (c. 1850–70) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This piece of lace is simple and honest in its decorative quality. The focus is on the floral vine, which stands out with its thick darning against the unadorned diamond ground netting.
Object facts
- Title: Band with Floral Vine Pattern
- Date: c. 1850–70
- Culture: Spain, c. 1850-70
- Type: Lace
- Technique: Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction)
- Dimensions: Overall: 13.7 x 104.9 cm (5 3/8 x 41 5/16 in.)
- Collection: T - Lace
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1923.876
A detail from the museum
The word lace derives from the Latin laqueus, meaning noose.
Collection credit
Educational Purchase Fund
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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