Fragment of a Band with Vines and Leaves
Unknown Artist
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.
Credit: The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection
1600s
Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); bleached linen (est.)
12.7 x 64.8 cm
1936.223
Image and text: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023
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