Band with Leaf Motifs
Cleveland Museum of Art

Band with Leaf Motifs

1600s

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

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.

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