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Linen with an insert of "Dutch lace". Mark: RI, MB and S/2
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Linen with an insert of "Dutch lace". Mark: RI, MB and S/2

anonymous · 1600 - 1699 · bobbin lace; tabby; kant (techniek); linen (material); kant (materiaal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Fine linen cloth with an entre-deux of so-called "Dutch lace" between two bands, featuring a reinforced mesh ground and linen lace ornament of broad lobed flowers between two stems in an S-shape. Marks in one corner the letters R and I, opposite them MB (joined) and S/2. Netherlands, 17th century?

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineLaken met tussenzetsel van "Hollandse kant". Merk: RI, MB en S/2. 1600 - 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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