Fragment with a Floral (tendril) Motif (1500s–1600s): Art, History and Details
Fragment with a Floral (tendril) Motif at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1500s–1600s, Bleached and blue dyed linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions). Explore the work's context, creator att
Fragment with a Floral (tendril) Motif (1500s–1600s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
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.
Object facts
- Title: Fragment with a Floral (tendril) Motif
- Date: 1500s–1600s
- Culture: Italy
- Type: Lace
- Technique: Bleached and blue dyed linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions)
- Dimensions: Overall: 12.5 x 7.4 cm (4 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
- Collection: T - Lace
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1920.1126
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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