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Fragment of a Band with Vines and Leaves

Fragment of a Band with Vines and Leaves

1600s
needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); bleached linen (est.)
Overall: 12.7 x 64.8 cm (5 x 25 1/2 in.)
The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection 1936.223
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 to encourage domestic virtue.

Description

A scrolling vine with budding vegetation or a tendril 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.
  • Underhill, Gertrude. "The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection of Lace." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 23, no. 4 (1936): 53-54. 53-54 25137765
    Foschi, Pier Francesco, and Nelda Damiano. Wealth and Beauty: Pier Francesco Foschi and Painting in Renaissance Florence.
    Athens : Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 2023. Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 216-217
  • Wealth and Beauty: Pier Francesco Foschi and Painting in Renaissance Florence. Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA (organizer) (January 29-April 24, 2022) https://georgiamuseum.org/exhibit/wealth-and-beauty-pier-francesco-foschi-and-painting-in-renaissance-florence/.
    Renaissance lace rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1, 2012-December 9, 2013).
    Lace: Italy, Flanders, France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 3-July 9, 1987).
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment of a Band with Vines and Leaves|url=false|author=|year=1600s|access-date=06 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1936.223