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Strip of appliqué lace with heart-shaped scatter pattern
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Strip of natural-colored appliqué lace, bobbin lace on net ground. Scattered pattern of hearts on a very fine hexagonal bobbin lace mesh ground, with below a repetitive and continuous motif of a C-shaped flower with zigzag and curled leaf twigs. The picoted lower edge consists of a series of small open circles and lying C-shapes, forming fine shells. Motifs with bobbin lace relief contours, ribs. One type of decorative stitch (needle lace stitch). The upper side is edged with a border of bobbin lace.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStrook applicatiekant met hartjes strooipatroon. c. 1800 - c. 1824. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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