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Fragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern
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About this work
The thick and graphic darning, or area of woven pattern, depicts triangular and circular geometric motifs. In addition to the knotting of the thread (filet/lacis technique), the lace maker used thicker thread to create the bold and heavy pattern.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern, 1600s–1700s. Spain. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); overall: 8.2 x 21.6 cm (3 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1919.783
