Cloth with Border of Vegetal Pattern
1800–1899
- Medium
- Bleached plain weave linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 91 x 141.7 cm (35 13/16 x 55 13/16 in.)
- Genre
- Lace
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Italy, 1800s
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.