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Border with Foliage Scrolls
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Border with Foliage Scrolls

anonymous · c. 1660 - c. 1690 · spijlengrond (naaldkant); naaldkant; Venetian raised work; linen (material)

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

About this work

Lace with small and refined, as well as large and imposing, motifs was made in Venice at the end of the 17th century. These are two variations of the first kind, the so-called Venetian raised and small scale lace. The French call it point de neige, literally snowflake stitch.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineBorder with Foliage Scrolls. c. 1660 - c. 1690. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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