{"id":"cma-115450","titulo":{"en":"Band","es":"Banda"},"titulo_original":"Band","autor":"Unknown maker / Autor desconocido","fecha":"1600s","cultura":"Italy","tecnica":"Linen: needle lace (drawnwork)","fuente":"Cleveland Museum of Art","licencia":"CC0-1.0","licencia_url":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","credito":"Cleveland Museum of Art, The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection","url_original":"https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.224","imagen_url":"https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1936.224/1936.224_web.jpg","ficha":{"en":{"titulo":"Band","se_ve":"The piece fills almost the entire frame, horizontally, against a plain black background that throws its whiteness into relief. It is a rectangular band, much wider than it is tall, of ivory, cream, and off-white linen, photographed head-on with no other objects to give a sense of scale. Its upper and lower edges are not straight: they undulate gently and end in a fine finish, while the short sides look somewhat irregular, with loose threads and small areas of fraying. The fabric is openwork throughout. A tiny, regular lattice, like a net of little squares, serves as the ground for the whole piece. Over it, motifs repeat, formed by denser areas and by round or oval perforations of different sizes. The composition is organized into three horizontal bands: two narrow strips, at top and bottom, with small repeated motifs recalling geometric flowers or stars, and a wider central strip dominated by linked diamonds, crosses, and stylized floral shapes. The light is even and soft; it casts no hard shadows, but it reveals the slight relief of the threads, their uneven thickness, and the fibrous texture of the linen. Looked at slowly, knots, thickened spots, and holes that are never quite identical become visible, signs of handwork. The contrast between the visual fragility of the openwork and the precision of the repeated pattern defines the piece.","contexto":"According to the source, this is a band made in Italy in the 1600s, by an unknown maker, now in the Textiles department of the Cleveland Museum of Art, with credit to The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection. It is linen needle lace made with drawnwork. In that technique, some threads of a woven ground are withdrawn and the remaining threads are wrapped and stitched with a needle to create open patterns. What this specific band trimmed, and who used it, is not known; it probably belonged to clothing or household linen.","como_mirarla":"First look at the band as a whole and notice how three horizontal stripes organize the repetition. Then move closer: the pattern is not printed, it is built from dense stitches and empty holes. Follow one motif and watch how it reappears, never quite identical, across the mesh.","dato_curioso":"In drawnwork, the design is born in part by subtraction: removing threads from the cloth is as important as adding stitches, so the holes draw as much as the linen itself.","preguntas":["How does your reading of the band change when you realize its pattern depends as much on absence as on thread?","What does the slight irregularity of each motif tell us about the time and the hand that made it?","What kind of garment or domestic object do you imagine this fragile strip once completed, and why?"]},"es":{"titulo":"Banda","se_ve":"La pieza ocupa casi todo el encuadre, en horizontal, sobre un fondo negro liso que hace resaltar su blancura. Es una banda rectangular, mucho más ancha que alta, de lino color marfil, crema y blanco roto, fotografiada de frente y sin otros objetos que den escala. Sus bordes superior e inferior no son rectos: ondulan suavemente y terminan en un remate fino, mientras los extremos laterales se ven algo irregulares, con hilitos sueltos y pequeñas desflecaduras. El tejido es calado en su totalidad. Una retícula diminuta y regular, como una red de cuadraditos, sirve de base a todo el conjunto. Sobre ella se repiten motivos formados por zonas más densas y por perforaciones redondas u ovaladas de distintos tamaños. La composición se organiza en tres franjas horizontales: dos bandas estrechas, arriba y abajo, con motivos pequeños y repetidos que recuerdan flores o estrellas geométricas, y una franja central más ancha dominada por rombos, cruces y formas florales estilizadas enlazadas. La luz es uniforme y suave; no crea sombras duras, pero permite apreciar el relieve mínimo de los hilos, su grosor desigual y la textura fibrosa del lino. Mirando con calma se distinguen nudos, engrosamientos y huecos que no son idénticos entre sí, señales del trabajo manual. El contraste entre la fragilidad visual del calado y la precisión del patrón repetido define la pieza.","contexto":"Según los datos de la fuente, se trata de una banda realizada en Italia en el siglo XVII, de autor desconocido, conservada en el departamento de Textiles del Cleveland Museum of Art, con crédito a The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection. Es encaje de aguja de lino, trabajado con deshilado. En esa técnica se retiran algunos hilos de una tela base y los que quedan se envuelven y se bordan con aguja para formar dibujos calados. No se sabe qué adornaba esta banda en concreto ni quién la usó; probablemente formó parte de una prenda o de ropa de casa.","como_mirarla":"Mira primero la banda completa y nota cómo tres franjas horizontales ordenan la repetición. Acércate después: el dibujo no está impreso, se construye con puntadas densas y huecos vacíos. Sigue un motivo y observa cómo reaparece, nunca del todo idéntico, a lo largo de la red.","dato_curioso":"En el deshilado, el diseño nace también por sustracción: retirar hilos de la tela importa tanto como añadir puntadas, de modo que los huecos dibujan tanto como el propio lino.","preguntas":["¿Cómo cambia tu lectura de la banda cuando descubres que su dibujo depende tanto de la ausencia como del hilo?","¿Qué nos dice la leve irregularidad de cada motivo sobre el tiempo y la mano que lo hicieron?","¿Qué prenda u objeto doméstico imaginas que completaba esta tira tan frágil, y por qué?"]}},"etiquetas":{"en":["lace","needle lace","drawnwork","linen","textile","italy","17th century","openwork","geometric motifs","floral motifs","repetition","handmade","delicacy","craftsmanship"],"es":["encaje","encaje de aguja","deshilado","lino","textil","italia","siglo xvii","calado","motivos geométricos","motivos florales","repetición","hecho a mano","delicadeza","oficio"]},"objetos":["banda de encaje","retícula calada","motivos florales geométricos","rombos"],"colores":["#000000","#f7f3ea","#efe8d8","#ddd2bd","#c9bda6"],"animo":["delicadeza","serena","y","laboriosa"],"epoca":"1600s","certeza":"media","advertencias":[],"capa":{"voces":[{"guia":"la restauradora","en":"Look closely and you will see no two knots are identical. This 17th century linen band was made with drawnwork: threads are removed from the ground fabric and the remaining ones are wrapped with a needle. That is why you notice thickened spots, loose little threads and slight fraying on the wavy edges. The openwork grid is regular but not perfect. That irregularity is a human trace. I am moved by the patience such a fragile yet precise openwork demands.","es":"Si acercas la mirada verás que no hay dos nudos idénticos. Esta banda de lino del siglo XVII está hecha con deshilado: se quitan hilos de la tela y los que quedan se envuelven con la aguja. Por eso notas engrosamientos, hilitos sueltos y desflecaduras en los bordes ondulantes. La retícula calada es regular pero no perfecta. Esa irregularidad es huella humana. Me conmueve la paciencia que exige un calado tan frágil y tan preciso a la vez."},{"guia":"el astrónomo aficionado","en":"It reminds me of a star chart. Against the black background the pale band seems to float like a strip of sky. The tiny grid of little squares is like a coordinate net and upon it the diamonds, crosses and geometric flowers shine like ordered stars. There are three horizontal bands: two narrow ones at top and bottom and a wider central one. It is a repeated, rhythmic and delicate universe, where each round opening is a small eclipse of light.","es":"Me recuerda a un mapa de constelaciones. Sobre el fondo negro la banda clara parece flotar como una franja de cielo. La retícula de cuadraditos es como una red de coordenadas y sobre ella los rombos, cruces y flores geométricas brillan como estrellas ordenadas. Hay tres franjas horizontales: dos estrechas arriba y abajo y una central más ancha. Es un universo repetido, rítmico y delicado, donde cada perforación redonda es un pequeño eclipse de luz."},{"guia":"la niña de ocho años","en":"It looks like a lace road for fairies. It is very long and full of little holes with drawings. At the top and bottom there are tiny little flowers and in the middle there are big diamonds and crosses that connect. The edges are not straight, they make little waves. If I touch it with my eyes it feels soft but also a bit scratchy because of the tiny threads. I like counting the round little holes, though there are so many I never finish.","es":"Parece un camino de encaje para hadas. Es larguísima y está toda agujereada con dibujitos. Arriba y abajo hay florecitas chiquitas y en medio hay rombos grandes y cruces que se conectan. Los bordes no son rectos, hacen olitas. Si la toco con los ojos siento que es suave pero también rasposita por los hilitos. Me gusta contar los agujeritos redondos, aunque son muchísimos y nunca termino."}],"retos":[{"pregunta":{"en":"How many horizontal bands make up the openwork pattern you see on the pale band?","es":"¿De cuántas franjas horizontales se compone el patrón calado que ves en la banda clara?"},"pista":{"en":"Look from top to bottom: there are two thin borders and a wider center with diamonds.","es":"Mira de arriba a abajo: hay dos orillas delgadas y un centro más ancho con rombos."}},{"pregunta":{"en":"What background color makes the ivory whiteness of the rectangular band stand out?","es":"¿Qué color de fondo hace resaltar la blancura marfil de la banda rectangular?"},"pista":{"en":"It is the dark plain color that fills everything around the piece.","es":"Es el color oscuro y liso que ocupa todo lo que rodea la pieza."}},{"pregunta":{"en":"What large geometric shape dominates the central band together with crosses and stylized flowers?","es":"¿Qué forma geométrica grande domina la franja central junto con cruces y flores estilizadas?"},"pista":{"en":"Look in the center for the four sided diamond shaped figures.","es":"Busca en el centro las figuras de cuatro lados en forma de diamante."}}],"conexiones":["lino y fibras naturales","trabajo manual y hecho a mano","repetición y ritmo visual","calado y transparencia","motivos geométricos","motivos florales estilizados","Italia siglo XVII","oficio textil y paciencia"]},"salas":[],"escrita_por":"muse-wonder-1.0"}