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Border with Floral Motifs
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About this work
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. Here, the pattern is unusually ornate with additional swirling and flowering motifs.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBorder with Floral Motifs, 1800s. Italy, Sardinia. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction); overall: 27.9 x 316.2 cm (11 x 124 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Louise Tifft Brown, 1933.317
