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Handkerchief of linen with a band of lace embroidery with wheels in open-worked rectangles and finished with a border of bobbin lace with point shells
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Handkerchief of natural-colored linen with openwork borders lace embroidery: cutwork or reticella between two narrow bands of drawn thread work. Around the handkerchief is finished with natural-colored bobbin lace. The cutwork has a repeating and symmetrical pattern of a small rectangle with an open hexagon with wheel inside. The successive rectangles are alternated by two small openwork squares placed on top of each other, with a wheel in each. The bobbin lace has a repeating pattern of pointed shells with a star in each shell and above that a border with small and larger holes.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineZakdoek van linnen met rondom een baan kantborduurwerk met wielen in opengewerkte rechthoeken en afgewerkt met een rand kloskant met puntschulpjes. c. 1580 - c. 1620. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
