Fragment of a Border with Floral Motif

18th century

Fragment of a Border with Floral Motif, 18th century. Spain, 18th century. Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); bleached linen (est.); overall: 30.1 x 37.6 cm (11 7/8 x 14 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones 1919.745 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. Myrta Leonora Jones, the donor of this work, was a women’s rights activist in Cleveland in the early 20th century.