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Lace Fragment
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Lace Fragment

1840s–50s · Machine-made lace (embroidered net)

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

About this work

While made in Spain, this lace fragment copies a Brussels design. It is of a type usually referred to as Limerick lace, because it was often made in Ireland.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineLace Fragment, 1840s–50s. Spain. Machine-made lace (embroidered net); average: 13.4 x 21.6 cm (5 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1919.734

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