Spread of colored embroidered cream-white satin, with floral vines and insects
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Spread of colored embroidered cream-white satin with floral vines and insects. Pattern: fine symmetrical and red-spiral-wound double vines, from which fine winding tajes with various flowers grow. The ascending vines move in a whimsical spiral line; along the outer sides these are branched; a pair, the inner one, unites with a lotus and forms a pointed oval, with a carnation as a crown, while the outer pair branches again. The nuanced flowers in red/pink, light and dark blue, cherry/pink, white/beige etc. are very different, e.g. in rosette form, in fan form, as fine buds or flower clusters. Scattered are small, flying birds and butterflies. A narrow border runs along three sides and at the bottom a (two-thirds disappeared) scallop edge is sewn on. Corresponding three straight and four bracket-shaped strips (B to H). Chinese silk.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description