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Source Description
The prominent colors on this fragment of lace also determine the diagonal and square patterns within the textile. The dark yellow is unbleached linen, the white is bleached linen, and the blue is linen that has been bleached and dyed.
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Document identity
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100776
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Fragment with Repeated Square Pattern
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100776
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object
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Fragment with Repeated Square Pattern
description
The prominent colors on this fragment of lace also determine the diagonal and square patterns within the textile. The dark yellow is unbleached linen, the white is bleached linen, and the blue is linen that has been bleached and dyed.
date
1500s–1600s
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CC0
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en
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Q79493348
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Lace
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Overall: 27 x 30.3 cm (10 5/8 x 11 15/16 in.)
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Italy
accession
1920.1157
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Bleached, dyed, and unbleached linen (est.): needle lace; filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions)
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Fragment with Repeated Square Pattern, 1500s–1600s. Italy. Bleached, dyed, and unbleached linen (est.): needle lace; filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); overall: 27 x 30.3 cm (10 5/8 x 11 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1157
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T - Lace
didYouKnow
The word <em>lace</em> derives from the Latin <em>laqueus</em>, meaning <em>noose</em>.
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Gift of J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:26:56.370000
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100776
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Textiles
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T - Lace
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Bleached, dyed, and unbleached linen (est.): needle lace; filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions)
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