Fragment of a Band with Geometric Pattern and Floral Motif
1800–1899
- Medium
- Cotton (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5.9 x 48 cm (2 5/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- Lace
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Italy, 1800s
About
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.