Cuff with Floral Vines
Unknown Artist
19th century
Medium
Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction); bleached linen (est.)
Dimensions
17.9 × 21.8 cm
Classification
Lace
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection
Accession Number
1936.226
About this artwork
In this lace cuff (one of a set, see 1936.225), scrolling vines with budding flowers emerge from a tied bow, creating a stylized bouquet. 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.