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Fragment with Floral Motif
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About this work
Though this fragment of lace is completed in the filet/lacis technique, the floral motif imitates a form of needle lace particular to Spain, known as Ruedas or Sol Lace, due to its radial patterns.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFragment with Floral Motif, 1600s–1700s. Spain. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); overall: 14.6 x 15.1 cm (5 3/4 x 5 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1919.775
