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Source Description
Textiles often incorporate multiple techniques within a single piece, providing visual interest, and also demonstrating the skill and versatility of the maker. This fragment incorporates both reticella, a type of geometric needle lace worked on a grid of plaited or laid thread, and a border of burato.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
100909
label
Fragment of a Border with Floral Vine and Geometric Patterns
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
100909
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object
title
Fragment of a Border with Floral Vine and Geometric Patterns
description
Textiles often incorporate multiple techniques within a single piece, providing visual interest, and also demonstrating the skill and versatility of the maker. This fragment incorporates both reticella, a type of geometric needle lace worked on a grid of plaited or laid thread, and a border of burato.
date
1500s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79494033
genreSpecific
Lace
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 32.9 x 69.3 cm (12 15/16 x 27 5/16 in.)
cul
Italy
accession
1920.1267
Source extras
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Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in two directions) and reticella
tombstone
Fragment of a Border with Floral Vine and Geometric Patterns, 1500s. Italy. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in two directions) and reticella; overall: 32.9 x 69.3 cm (12 15/16 x 27 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1920.1267
collection
T - Lace
didYouKnow
Myrta Leonora Jones, the donor of this lace, was a women’s rights activist in Cleveland in the early 20th century.
citations
citation
Ricci, Elisa. <em>Old Italian Lace</em>. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1913.
page_number
vol. 1 no. 22
creditline
Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones
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2026-05-29 05:27:27.227000
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100909
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Textiles
coll
T - Lace
med
Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in two directions) and reticella
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1
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0
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photo
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