Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment of a Band with Branching Vegetation

Date

1600s

Medium

Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions)

Culture

Spain

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Budding vegetation or a tendril motif is a recurring pattern in needle lace. The frequent use of the motif, adapted in lace from different centuries and regions, suggests that it was found in a pattern book. Myrta Leonora Jones, the donor of this work, was a women’s rights activist in Cleveland in the early 20th century.

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