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Fragment of a Band with Branching Vegetation
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFragment of a Band with Branching Vegetation, 1600s. Spain. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); overall: 17.6 x 23 cm (6 15/16 x 9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1919.776
