Pattern for lace with small section of lace worked on It (1600s): Art, History and Details

Pattern for lace with small section of lace worked on It (1600s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

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

In this object, Venetian Flat Point needle lace is worked on a small section of the green card, which is in turn attached to a piece of coarse, plain weave linen. On the back of the linen is a paper label, indicating that at one time this object was in the collection of Florence L. Cohen.

Object facts

• Title: Pattern for lace with small section of lace worked on It
• Date: 1600s
• Culture: Italy, Venice
• Type: Lace
• Technique: Paper and linen?: lace pattern on paper with small section of needle lace (Venetian flat point) worked on It
• Dimensions: Average: 23.2 x 13.4 cm (9 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
• Collection: T - Lace
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1944.63

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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