Fragment with Wide Circular Pattern

1500s–1600s Overall: 11.4 x 17.5 cm (4 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1125

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.

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