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Fragment of a Band with Vine Scroll and Leaves
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFragment of a Band with Vine Scroll and Leaves, 1500s–1600s. Italy. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); overall: 15 x 63.8 cm (5 7/8 x 25 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1161
