Fragment with a Floral (tendril) Motif
Unknown Artist
1500s-1600s
Medium
needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); bleached and blue dyed linen (est.)
Dimensions
12.5 × 7.4 cm
Classification
Lace
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of J. H. Wade
Accession Number
1920.1126
About this artwork
The light blue ground of this fragment of lace, together with the varying thicknesses of threads used for the ground and the embroidered pattern, create a sense of depth in the textile. The white thread is bleached linen and the blue is linen that has been bleached and dyed.