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Strip of bobbin lace with flower pot in kidney-shaped medallion

anonymous · c. 1740 - c. 1760 · vijfgaatjesgrond; pot lace; bobbin lace; linen (material)

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

About this work

Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: pot lace. The repeating and symmetrical pattern consists of a stylized oval flower pot in a kidney-shaped medallion. The medallion stands on an elongated bracket-shaped line from which ten flowers spring on short stems. These include cup flowers and at each end a fan-shaped flower. The motifs are made in linen stitch with openwork edges and are connected by a five-hole ground. In the medallions and in some flowers a coarser diamond lattice ground is applied as decorative ground. The top and bottom of the strip are finished straight, the bottom side provided with picots.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

strip

Credit lineStrook kloskant met bloempot in niervormig medaillon. c. 1740 - c. 1760. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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