Corner Fragment with a Variety of Patterns
Cleveland Museum of Art

Corner Fragment with a Variety of Patterns

1800s

Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, machine-made burato (twined ground and darned in two directions), cutwork, drawnwork, and applied fringe
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The various techniques used in this fragment suggest that it may have been made as a sampler to practice different lacemaking techniques.

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