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Border with Renaissance Motif
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBorder with Renaissance Motif, 1800–1840. Italy. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, machine-made burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); overall: 31.1 x 297.4 cm (12 1/4 x 117 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.526
