The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Border with Renaissance Motif
1800–1840
Overall: 31.1 x 297.4 cm (12 1/4 x 117 1/16 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1920.526
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 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.- {{cite web|title=Border with Renaissance Motif|url=false|author=|year=1800–1840|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.526