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Fragment with Repeated Square Pattern
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About this work
The prominent colors on this fragment of lace also determine the diagonal and square patterns within the textile. The dark yellow is unbleached linen, the white is bleached linen, and the blue is linen that has been bleached and dyed.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFragment with Repeated Square Pattern, 1500s–1600s. Italy. Bleached, dyed, and unbleached linen (est.): needle lace; filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); overall: 27 x 30.3 cm (10 5/8 x 11 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1157
