Fragment of a Band with Winding Design and Tendrils
Unknown Artist
16th century
Medium
needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); bleached linen (est.)
Dimensions
9.5 × 42.3 cm
Classification
Lace
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of J. H. Wade
Accession Number
1920.1155
About this artwork
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.