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Pricking for a strip of bobbin lace on green coloured parchment
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Pricking for a strip of bobbin lace on green coloured parchment

anonymous · c. 1870 - c. 1880 · prikken; parchment (animal material)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Pricking for a strip of bobbin lace - Valenciennes lace - pricked in parchment colored green on the upper side. The pattern consists of vines with hand-shaped leaves and rosette flowers along the shell border. On the reverse is the handwritten text: "Piquires de Valenciennes 1870-1880; 501". On an accompanying note: "The pins on these lace patterns are pricked again between the indicated holes, making the mesh smaller than indicated."

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePrikking voor een strook kloskant op groen gekleurd perkament. c. 1870 - c. 1880. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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