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Fragment of a Border with Floral Motif

18th century

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

The scalloped bottom edge of this lace fragment indicates that it was originally meant as the border for a larger work of lace or other textile.

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Title: Fragment of a Border with Floral Motif
Date Created: 18th century
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 30.1 x 37.6 cm (11 7/8 x 14 13/16 in.)
Provenance: Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones (Mrs. Henry White Cannon)
Type: Lace
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.745
Medium: Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); bleached linen (est.)
Fun Fact: Myrta Leonora Jones, the donor of this work, was a women’s rights activist in Cleveland in the early 20th century.
Department: Textiles
Culture: Spain, 18th century
Credit Line: Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones
Collection: Textiles
Accession Number: 1919.745

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