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Strip of bobbin lace with flower pots between S-shaped flower branches
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Strip of bobbin lace with flower pots between S-shaped flower branches

anonymous · c. 1750 · vijfgaatjesgrond; pot lace; bobbin lace; linen (material)

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

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Strip of bobbin lace: flowerpot lace. The repeating and symmetrical pattern consists of hanging flowerpots between S-shaped flower branches. Two types of flowerpots alternate. In one flowerpot stand five rosette flowers. And in the subsequent smaller pot stands one flower branch with a three-lobed flower between two plume flowers. The motifs are made in linen stitch with openwork edges and are connected to each other by a five-hole ground. Between the flowers and leaves sparingly a decorative ground is applied, a snowflake ground. The top and bottom of the strip are finished straight, where the bottom is provided with picots.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineStrook kloskant met bloempotten tussen s-vormige bloemtakken. c. 1750. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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