Fragment with Repeated Square Pattern (1500s–1600s): Art, History and Details
Fragment with Repeated Square Pattern at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1500s–1600s, Bleached, dyed, and unbleached linen (est.): needle lace; filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions). Explore the work's context, creator attr
Fragment with Repeated Square Pattern (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 prominent colors on this fragment of lace also determine the diagonal and square patterns within the textile. The dark yellow is unbleached linen, the white is bleached linen, and the blue is linen that has been bleached and dyed.
Object facts
- Title: Fragment with Repeated Square Pattern
- Date: 1500s–1600s
- Culture: Italy
- Type: Lace
- Technique: Bleached, dyed, and unbleached linen (est.): needle lace; filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions)
- Dimensions: Overall: 27 x 30.3 cm (10 5/8 x 11 15/16 in.)
- Collection: T - Lace
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1920.1157
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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