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1500–1699 · Linen: needle lace (drawnwork)

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

About this work

In this fragment, the negative space (the background) is worked in red thread, leaving the positive space (the twining tendrils) the original neutral bleached linen color.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineBand, 1500–1699. Italy. Linen: needle lace (drawnwork); average: 15.3 x 45.8 cm (6 x 18 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1144

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