Border with Renaissance Motif
1800–1840
- Medium
- Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, machine-made burato (twined ground and darned in one direction)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 31.1 x 297.4 cm (12 1/4 x 117 1/16 in.)
- Genre
- Lace
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Italy, early 1800s
About
A scrolling vine 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 may have been inspired by a design in a printed pattern book.