Fragment of a Band with Vines and Leaves
1600–1699
- Medium
- Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 12.7 x 64.8 cm (5 x 25 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Lace
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Italy, 1600s
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.