Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment of a Band with Geometric Pattern and Floral Motif

Date

1800s

Medium

Cotton (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction)

Culture

Italy, 1800s

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

A scrolling vine with budding vegetation or a tendril 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. Books of patterns for lace making and other needlework were aimed at well-to-do women and girls to encourage domestic virtue.

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