Border with Renaissance Motif (1800–1840): Art, History and Details
Border with Renaissance Motif at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1800–1840, Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, machine-made burato (twined ground and darned in one direction). Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection his
Border with Renaissance Motif (1800–1840) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
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.
Object facts
- Title: Border with Renaissance Motif
- Date: 1800–1840
- Culture: Italy
- Type: Lace
- Technique: Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, machine-made burato (twined ground and darned in one direction)
- Dimensions: Overall: 31.1 x 297.4 cm (12 1/4 x 117 1/16 in.)
- Collection: T - Lace
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1920.526
A detail from the museum
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.
Collection credit
Gift of J. H. Wade
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