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Lace Fragment
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Lace Fragment

1800s · Silk: bobbin lace

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

This type of lace would have been used to make a traditional mantilla (a veil worn over the head and shoulders).

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineLace Fragment, 1800s. Spain. Silk: bobbin lace; average: 12.7 x 14 cm (5 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1919.733
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