Fragment of a Band with Winding Design and Tendrils
Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment of a Band with Winding Design and Tendrils

1500s

Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one and two directions); bleached linen (est.)
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Pattern books for lace-making and other needlework were aimed at well-to-do women and girls to encourage domestic virtue.

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