Fragment of a Band with Winding Design and Tendrils
1500–1599
- Medium
- Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); bleached linen (est.)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9.5 x 42.3 cm (3 3/4 x 16 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- Lace
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Italy
About
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.