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Fragment of a Band with Floral Motif
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Though it is a small fragment, this piece of lace is simple and honest in its decorative quality. The focus is on the tulips, which stand out with thick darning against the unadorned diamond ground netting.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFragment of a Band with Floral Motif, 1700s. Spain. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction); overall: 18.5 x 15.3 cm (7 5/16 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1919.750
