Border with Renaissance Motif
Unknown Artist
early 19th century
Medium
Needle lace, machine-made burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); bleached linen (est.)
Dimensions
31.1 × 297.4 cm
Classification
Lace
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of J. H. Wade
Accession Number
1920.526
About this artwork
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.