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.)
Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones 1919.745
Myrta Leonora Jones, the donor of this work, was a women’s rights activist in Cleveland in the early 20th century.
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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