Cleveland Museum of Art
Band with Leaf Motifs
- Date
- 1600s
- Medium
- Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions)
- Culture
- Italy, Sardinia
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 115448
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
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. The maker of this piece used thread of different thicknesses to give texture and variety to the design. Books of patterns for lace making and other needlework were aimed at well-to-do women and girls as a way of encouraging domestic virtue.
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- Credit line
- The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection
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