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Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Fragment of a Band with Vine Scroll and Leaves

1500s–1600s

Italy, 1500s-1600s

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.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.1161
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

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.

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.
  • Ida Schiff Collection
    J.H. Wade
    1920-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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