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Strip of needle lace with berry branch all-over motif
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Strip of natural-colored needle lace: Alençon lace. Scatter motif of berry branches on a fine hexagonal mesh ground. The upper side is edged with a bobbin lace border. The pattern at the lower edge consists of circles filled with an even finer mesh ground. The circles partially overlap. The oval shapes formed thereby are filled with alternating decorative grounds and single wheel picots. Picoted arch border at the lower edge.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStrook naaldkant met bessentakjes strooimotief. c. 1775 - c. 1799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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