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Border of bobbin lace with regularly wavy vine with peonies
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Border of bobbin lace with regularly wavy vine with peonies

anonymous · c. 1750 - c. 1760 · bobbin lace; Valenciennes lace; 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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Strip of natural-coloured bobbin lace: Valenciennes lace. The repeating and continuous pattern consists of a regularly wavy vine with peonies. One peony always originates at an ascending wave and bends back towards the wave trough. The other peony waves just after each wave peak in the direction of the vine. Attached to the vine are also twigs with three smaller flowers, berries and flower buds. The motifs are made in linen stitch with openwork edges and cutouts. They are connected by a fine mesh ground, a round Valenciennes ground. The shell edge is formed flat around the pattern and is finished with picots. The top of the strip is finished straight.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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strip
Credit lineStrook kloskant met regelmatig golvende rank met pioenrozen. c. 1750 - c. 1760. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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