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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

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