Fragment of a Border with Floral Motif
Unknown Artist
18th century
Medium
Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); bleached linen (est.)
Dimensions
30.1 × 37.6 cm
Classification
Lace
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones
Accession Number
1919.745
About this artwork
The scalloped bottom edge of this lace fragment indicates that it was originally meant as the border for a larger work of lace or other textile.