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Source Description
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.
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Document identity
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100774
label
Fragment of a Band with Winding Design and Tendrils
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object
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1
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100774
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object
title
Fragment of a Band with Winding Design and Tendrils
description
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.
date
1500s
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CC0
language
en
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Q79493339
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Lace
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 9.5 x 42.3 cm (3 3/4 x 16 5/8 in.)
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Italy
accession
1920.1155
Source extras
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Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); bleached linen (est.)
tombstone
Fragment of a Band with Winding Design and Tendrils, 1500s. Italy. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); bleached linen (est.); overall: 9.5 x 42.3 cm (3 3/4 x 16 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1155
collection
T - Lace
didYouKnow
Pattern books for lace-making and other needlework were aimed at well-to-do women and girls to encourage domestic virtue.
citations
citation
Milliken, William Mathewson. “Lace and Its Development: I. The Beginnings.” <em>Antiques</em> 1 (May 1922): 211-216.
page_number
p. 215, no. 9
citation
Simeon, Margaret. <em>The History of Lace</em>. London: Stainer and Bell, 1979.
page_number
plate 7
creditline
Gift of J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:26:53.683000
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100774
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Textiles
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T - Lace
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Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); bleached linen (est.)
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1
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0
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photo
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