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Band with Leaf Motifs
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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. The maker of this piece used thread of different thicknesses to give texture and variety to the design.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBand with Leaf Motifs, 1600s. Italy, Sardinia. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); overall: 20.2 x 68.8 cm (7 15/16 x 27 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection, 1936.222
