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Fragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern
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Fragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern

1500s–1600s · Unbleached and bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions)

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The darker ground of unbleached linen allows the meandering pattern completed in the filet/lacis technique using bleached linen to prominently stand out.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineFragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern, 1500s–1600s. Italy. Unbleached and bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); overall: 6.4 x 26.4 cm (2 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1127
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