Border with Floral Motifs
Unknown Artist
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. Here, the pattern is unusually ornate with additional swirling and flowering motifs.
Credit: Bequest of Louise Tifft Brown
19th century
Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction); bleached linen (est.)
27.9 x 316.2 cm
1933.317
Image and text: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023
Where you'll find this
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Permanent collection