Lace Collar (Q60757964)

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collection: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
country of origin: Republic of Genoa (Q174306)
material used: linen (Q1426327)
fabrication method: reticella (Q64437964) bobbin lace making (Q64407093)
instance of: lace (Q231250) collar (Q497903)

catalog URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.1240

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description: Large and small round motifs in a linear framework form this geometric design made in open cutwork, now known as reticella. Its fineness was cut from a linen cloth whose woven grid provided a firm ground for the embroiderer to build her lace. A similar design for open cutwork was published in a pattern book by Frederic de Vinciolo in Paris in 1587.

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