Lace Collar (1560–1600): Art, History and Details

Lace Collar (1560–1600) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Large and small round motifs in a linear framework form this geometric design made in open cutwork, now known as reticella. Its fineness was cut from a linen cloth whose woven grid provided a firm ground for the embroiderer to build her lace. A similar design for open cutwork was published in a pattern book by Frederic de Vinciolo in Paris in 1587.

Object facts

• Title: Lace Collar
• Date: 1560–1600
• Culture: Italy, Genoa
• Type: Lace
• Technique: Linen; needle lace (cutwork and reticella) and bobbin lace edging
• Dimensions: Overall: 56.8 x 29.5 cm (22 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
• Collection: T - Lace
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1920.1240

Collection credit

Gift of J. H. Wade

Further reading listed by the museum

• Vinciolo, Federic di. Les singuliers et nouveaux pourtraicts, pour toutes sortes d'ouvrages de lingerie. Paris: Jean Le Clerc, 1603.

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