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Tablecloth with floral pattern
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Tablecloth with floral pattern

anonymous · c. 1700 · satijnbinding; damask; linen (material)

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

About this work

Linen damask napkin with a large floral pattern. On a full-width pointed oval field, a symmetrical floral rosette with a grid filling, built up from a fruit, a sunflower, a pumpkin, and a crowning leaf rosette. The field is bordered by two interlaced bands, wrapped by a scalloped lace strip. The first set emerges from a palmette and closes above the central motif; the lower bands do not touch each other but are connected by a pomegranate. In the spandrels, varied leaf palmettes. A great variety of net fillings. Edges with flower pots and palmettes within a scalloped border. In the corners, a rosette. Marked in red cross-stitch with the letter S.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
napkin
Credit lineServet met bloempatroon. c. 1700. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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