Fragment of a Band with Abstract Pattern
1500–1699
- Medium
- Unbleached and bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6.4 x 26.4 cm (2 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- Lace
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Italy
About
The darker ground of unbleached linen allows the meandering pattern completed in the filet/lacis technique using bleached linen to prominently stand out.