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Linen with a Crown and Letters AE or RC and a Center Insert of Bobbin Lace
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Bed sheet of heavy linen with an insert of natural-colored bobbin lace between the two parts, Flemish bobbin lace. Pattern of small double volutes with a dot between them. The motifs are made in linen stitch and are connected by a lattice ground, a five-hole ground. Mark in small binding hole letter: crown and the letters a and e or r and c.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineLaken met een kroon en letters AE of RC en een tussenzetsel van kloskant. c. 1680 - c. 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.