Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment of a Band with Winding Design and Tendrils

Date

1500s

Medium

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

Culture

Italy

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

A scrolling vine with 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. Pattern books for lace-making and other needlework were aimed at well-to-do women and girls to encourage domestic virtue.

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