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Collar of bobbin lace with appliques along the inner edge alternating an embroidered oval flower and an embroidered leaf
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Collar of natural-colored bobbin lace - Mechlin lace - with a narrow strip of machine-made Valenciennes lace along the inner edge. On the seam between the two strips of lace a row of appliqué is sewn of alternating an embroidered oval flower and an embroidered leaf. Semi-circular model. The wide strip of Mechlin lace has a scallop edge under a scattered pattern of berry sprigs, with a hanging flower on a diagonal branch in each scallop.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineKraag van kloskant met langs de binnenrand applicaties van afwisselend een geborduurde ovale bloem en een geborduurd blad. c. 1800 - c. 1849. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
