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Source Description
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.
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Document identity
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101864
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Border with Renaissance Motif
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101864
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Border with Renaissance Motif
description
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.
date
1800–1840
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en
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Q79498293
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Lace
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Overall: 31.1 x 297.4 cm (12 1/4 x 117 1/16 in.)
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Italy
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1920.526
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Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, machine-made burato (twined ground and darned in one direction)
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Border 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
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T - Lace
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Books of patterns for lace making and other needlework were aimed at well-to-do women and girls as a way of encouraging domestic virtue.
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Gift of J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:30:22.639000
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101864
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Textiles
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T - Lace
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Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, machine-made burato (twined ground and darned in one direction)
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