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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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100781
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Fragment of a Band with Vine Scroll and Leaves
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100781
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object
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Fragment of a Band with Vine Scroll and Leaves
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–1600s
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en
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Q79493374
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Lace
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Overall: 15 x 63.8 cm (5 7/8 x 25 1/8 in.)
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Italy
accession
1920.1161
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Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions)
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Fragment of a Band with Vine Scroll and Leaves, 1500s–1600s. Italy. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); overall: 15 x 63.8 cm (5 7/8 x 25 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1161
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T - Lace
didYouKnow
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 05:26:54.672000
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100781
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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 two directions)
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