Fragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern (1500s): Art, History and Details
Fragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1500s, Bleached linen: needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction). Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Fragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern (1500s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
In the buratto technique, the background pattern, known as the ground, is created by threads twined together. The tight twining on this ground contributes to the intricacy of the meandering geometric patterns.
Object facts
- Title: Fragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern
- Date: 1500s
- Culture: Italy, Venice
- Type: Lace
- Technique: Bleached linen: needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction)
- Dimensions: Overall: 5.1 x 25.5 cm (2 x 10 1/16 in.)
- Collection: T - Lace
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1920.1101
A detail from the museum
The word lace derives from the Latin laqueus, meaning noose.
Collection credit
Gift of J. H. Wade
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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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