Fragment with Wide Circular Pattern
Unknown Artist
16th-17th century
Medium
Needle lace, mezza mandolina; bleached linen (est.)
Dimensions
11.4 × 17.5 cm
Classification
Lace
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of J. H. Wade
Accession Number
1920.1125
About this artwork
The mezza mandolina technique produces an irregular mesh netting, as opposed to the uniform knotted netting of filet/lacis needle lace. This piece gains the overall effect of the mesh netting through the lace maker’s use of large and small circular patterns.