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Strip of machine lace with hanging feather motifs and meander band
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Strip of black machine lace: machine-made Le Puy lace. The repeating pattern consists of feather motifs hanging from a meander band. Along the top edge of the strip, a typical coarse hexagonal ornamental ground with dots is applied. Between the feathers, a much finer machine lattice ground is applied. The top edge of the strip is finished straight. The shell edge with deep shells is formed by the underside of the hanging feathers and is finished with picots.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStrook machinale kant met hangende veermotieven en meanderband. c. 1870 - c. 1890. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
