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Cuff with Floral Vines
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About this work
In this lace cuff (one of a set, see 1936.226), scrolling vines with budding flowers emerge from a tied bow, creating a stylized bouquet. 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 lineCuff with Floral Vines, 1800s. Unassigned, 1800s. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction); overall: 17.9 x 22.2 cm (7 1/16 x 8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection, 1936.225
